War in Ukraine: Russia has launched a massive new attack on buildings and energy infrastructure

The Russian army launched this Friday at new missile attack against basic infrastructure Ukraine which caused cuts in the supply of electricity and other services, as well as damage to civilian buildings and at least two deaths.

According to Ukrainian officials, at least four cities have suffered more than 60 missiles who were shot by Russian forces.

Among the places affected are some of the main cities of the country, such as Kharkov or Poltava, both without electricity, or the capital, kyiv, whose subway networks have been paralysed after several missiles hit two districts of the capital, local media reported.

In Krivoi Rog, Dnipropetrovsk region, at least two people died following the fall of a Russian rocket that hit a residential building. There are five injured, including two children, who have been hospitalized, according to regional director Valentyn Reznichenko on Telegram.

“In Krivoi Rog a Russian rocket hit a residential building. The entrance has been destroyed. Two people died. At least five were injured, including two children. Everyone is in the hospital,” Reznichenko said.

The Dnipropetrovsk region was also left without electricity due to the attacks.

Emergency blackout in Kiev

Meanwhile, in the Ukrainian capital, “emergency blackouts have been imposed due to a missile attack, and there are problems with water supply‘, according to his Telegram account, the mayor of the city, Vitalii Klytchko, said in his Telegram account.

Klitchko stressed that the interruptions in the supply of drinking water in all districts of the capital are due to damage to the energy infrastructure: specialists are working to stabilize the system,” he said.

In Kharkiv, the country’s second city and capital of the homonymous region, there were “explosions. The enemy is bombing the infrastructure. I ask everyone to take precautions and stay in shelters if possible, ”explained Ihor Terekhov, the mayor of the city in his Telegram account.

For her part, Maryna Shevchenko, spokeswoman for Kharkivoblenergo, Kharkiv’s public energy supply company, reported that the city is “completely without electricity”.

Missile impacts have also been recorded in the Zhytomir region, west of Kyiv, which suffered accidents in the provision of basic services, as well as in Odessa on the shores of the Black Sea.

Meanwhile, Ukraine’s Energy Minister Herman Halushchenko confirmed on social media that power plants in the east and south of the country had been shut down. seriously damaged.

Ukraine woke up to a massive missile attack launched by Russia, in which between 60 and 70 shells were fired, according to various official sources, and which set off anti-aircraft sirens in as many as 16 regions of the country.

Analysts say Russian attacks on energy infrastructure they are part of the Kremlin’s new strategy to try and break the Ukrainians after suffering several key battlefield defeats in recent months.

Officials and experts say this has only strengthened Ukrainians’ resolve to face a Russian invasion as Moscow looks to buy time for a possible offensive in the coming months amid the current stalemate on the ground.

The latest wave of massive Russian airstrikes on the entire country occurred on December 5th. The Ukrainian authorities have reported some successes in intercept and shoot down missilesbullets and armed drones.

Source: AP and EFE