Kyiv: a missile The strike severely damaged a major power facility in Ukraine’s capital region, the country’s electricity system operator said on Saturday. Russian army Attempts were made to cut off water and electricity in populated areas.
Kyiv region’s Governor Oleksiy Kuleba said no one was killed or injured in the strike.
power transmission company ukrainergo Said repair teams were working to restore power but warned residents about a possible outage.
The deputy head of the Ukrainian presidential office, Kyrylo Tymoshenko, urged residents of the Kyiv region and three neighboring regions to reduce their energy consumption during evening hours of peak demand.
A week ago after a truck bombing damaged a bridge connecting Russia Crimean peninsulaThe Kremlin launched what is considered the largest coordinated missile attack since its initial invasion of Ukraine.
This week’s widespread counter-attacks attacked residential buildings, killing dozens, as well as civilian infrastructure such as power stations near Kyiv and other cities far from the front lines of the war.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that Moscow does not see the need for additional major strikes but that his military will continue to selectively strike.
He said of the 29 targets the Russian military had planned to destroy in this week’s attacks, seven were not damaged and would be pulled out gradually.
The Institute for the Study of War, a Washington-based think tank, interpreted Putin’s comments as aimed at countering criticism from pro-war Russian bloggers, who “greatly praised the resumption of attacks against Ukrainian cities but warned that a short campaign would be ineffective.”
“Putin knew that due to a dwindling arsenal of high-precision missiles, he would not be able to tolerate high-intensity missile strikes for long,” the think tank said.
Regions of southern Ukraine that Putin illegally designated as Russian territory last month remained at the center of fighting on Saturday.
Kirill Stremosov, a deputy head of the Moscow administration established in the mostly Russian-occupied Kherson region, reminded residents that they could evacuate Crimea and cities in southwestern Russia as Ukrainian forces try to fight their way to the regional capital. .
Concerned Kremlin-backed leaders in the region on Thursday called on civilians to evacuate to ensure their safety and to give Russian troops more mobility,
Moscow offered free housing to residents who agreed to leave.
According to Stremosov, Ukrainian troops attempted to advance south along the Dnieper River, but gained no ground.
“Defense lines worked, and the situation remains under full control of the Russian military,” he wrote on his messaging app channel.
In the neighboring Zaporizhzhya region, Governor Oleksandr Starukh said the Russian military carried out strikes with Iranian-made kamikaze drones and S-300 missiles.
Some experts say the Russian military’s use of long-range missiles reflects a lack of dedicated precision weapons to hit ground targets.
To the north and east of Kherson, Russian shelling killed two civilians in the Dnipropetrovsk region, said Governor Valentin Resnichenko.
He said the shelling of the city of Nikopol, which is located across the Dnieper from the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant, damaged a dozen residential buildings, several shops and a transport facility.
Kyiv region’s Governor Oleksiy Kuleba said no one was killed or injured in the strike.
power transmission company ukrainergo Said repair teams were working to restore power but warned residents about a possible outage.
The deputy head of the Ukrainian presidential office, Kyrylo Tymoshenko, urged residents of the Kyiv region and three neighboring regions to reduce their energy consumption during evening hours of peak demand.
A week ago after a truck bombing damaged a bridge connecting Russia Crimean peninsulaThe Kremlin launched what is considered the largest coordinated missile attack since its initial invasion of Ukraine.
This week’s widespread counter-attacks attacked residential buildings, killing dozens, as well as civilian infrastructure such as power stations near Kyiv and other cities far from the front lines of the war.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that Moscow does not see the need for additional major strikes but that his military will continue to selectively strike.
He said of the 29 targets the Russian military had planned to destroy in this week’s attacks, seven were not damaged and would be pulled out gradually.
The Institute for the Study of War, a Washington-based think tank, interpreted Putin’s comments as aimed at countering criticism from pro-war Russian bloggers, who “greatly praised the resumption of attacks against Ukrainian cities but warned that a short campaign would be ineffective.”
“Putin knew that due to a dwindling arsenal of high-precision missiles, he would not be able to tolerate high-intensity missile strikes for long,” the think tank said.
Regions of southern Ukraine that Putin illegally designated as Russian territory last month remained at the center of fighting on Saturday.
Kirill Stremosov, a deputy head of the Moscow administration established in the mostly Russian-occupied Kherson region, reminded residents that they could evacuate Crimea and cities in southwestern Russia as Ukrainian forces try to fight their way to the regional capital. .
Concerned Kremlin-backed leaders in the region on Thursday called on civilians to evacuate to ensure their safety and to give Russian troops more mobility,
Moscow offered free housing to residents who agreed to leave.
According to Stremosov, Ukrainian troops attempted to advance south along the Dnieper River, but gained no ground.
“Defense lines worked, and the situation remains under full control of the Russian military,” he wrote on his messaging app channel.
In the neighboring Zaporizhzhya region, Governor Oleksandr Starukh said the Russian military carried out strikes with Iranian-made kamikaze drones and S-300 missiles.
Some experts say the Russian military’s use of long-range missiles reflects a lack of dedicated precision weapons to hit ground targets.
To the north and east of Kherson, Russian shelling killed two civilians in the Dnipropetrovsk region, said Governor Valentin Resnichenko.
He said the shelling of the city of Nikopol, which is located across the Dnieper from the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant, damaged a dozen residential buildings, several shops and a transport facility.