Swathes of Ukraine’s capital have been left without access to water or electricity following what the country’s energy minister called “another barbaric attack” on the country’s critical infrastructure, including several hydroelectric power plants.
The mayor of Ukraine‘s capital has said that 80 per cent of consumers in Kyiv have been left without water supplies “due to the damage to a power facility near” the city from relentless Russian strikes on Monday.
Local authorities were working on restoring the supplies as soon as possible, mayor Vitali Klitschko said, telling Kyiv residents in the meantime to “stock up on water from the nearest pump rooms and points of sale.”
It comes amid reports that hydroelectric power plants in Kremenchuk, Kyiv, Odesa, Zaporizhzhia, and Cherkasy had come under attack.
“Another barbaric attack on Ukraine‘s energy system took place this morning. Electric substations, hydropower and heat generation facilities were hit by rocket fire,” energy minister German Galushchenko wrote on Facebook.
He said there had been partial blackouts in some areas and emergency blackouts had been imposed in others to reduce the load on the energy system.
