The Ukrainian capital, Kiev, was today (23/11) without water or electricity after new Russian strikes affected other cities in the country.
"Russian terrorists are trying to destroy Ukraine's energy supply facilities. Today, explosions were recorded in several regions of the country," deputy head of the Ukrainian presidency Kirill Tymoshenko told Telegram. "A two-storey building was destroyed. Three people were killed and six injured," the Kiev regional administration said on Telegram, without giving any other information."
The mayor of Kiev, Vitaly Klitschko, said for his part that an "infrastructure" facility was affected, announcing that water supply was "cut off everywhere in Kiev" because of the strikes.
The regional governor, Oleksiy Kuleba, announced for his part that "the whole region is without light".
The Ukrainian private power company DTEK confirmed on Telegram that "emergency power cuts were implemented in Kiev in an effort to stabilize the situation as much as possible."
Earlier, AFP reporters heard several explosions in the capital.
In Lviv, in western Ukraine, two Russian missiles hit a power substation causing power outages in two districts, according to Governor Maxim Kozitsky.
Three Ukrainian nuclear power plants were "disconnected" from the power grid today after Russian strikes targeted energy infrastructure and caused massive blackouts, Ukrainian nuclear power company Energoatom said.
"Due to a power reduction in the Ukrainian energy system, the emergency protection system was activated at the Rivne, Pivdenukrainsk and Khmelnitsky nuclear power plants, which caused the automatic disconnection of all production units," Energoatom said on Twitter.
According to the company, "the radiation level at the plant and in neighboring areas has not changed" and "all indicators are normal."
"As soon as the operation of the power system is restored, electricity supply from the nuclear power plant will be resumed," Energoatom clarified.
The company also said that the supply to the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant, the largest in Europe, located in southern Ukraine and occupied by Russian forces, was stopped by the Ukrainian grid.
"All backup diesel generators are in operation. The radiation level at the facilities of the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant remains normal," he explained.
Ukrainian people are "indomitable", says President Zelensky
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky pledged to repair the damage to infrastructure hit by today's Russian missile attacks, while praising his compatriots for their mental fortitude.
"We will restore everything and overcome everything because we are an indomitable people," Zelensky said in a short video message posted on Telegram.
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After expressing his thanks to the European Parliament for the resolution calling Russia a "state sponsor of terrorism", the Ukrainian president commented: "Russia proved to the whole world that this is true by launching 67 missiles against energy infrastructure and our people. The result is tragic - many wounded and there are dead."
Kiev calls for an emergency UN Security Council meeting
Ukraine will call for an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council to discuss Russian attacks on energy infrastructure, President Volodymyr Zelensky has announced.
"The killing of civilians and the destruction of political infrastructure are acts of terrorism. Ukraine will continue to demand a decisive response from the world to these crimes," the Ukrainian president said in a Twitter post.
Source: ertnews.gr
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