At least five people have died as a result of the last wave of Russian bombings over Ukraine, with more than 200 night attacks especially focused on the electrical infrastructureincluding that of the capital, Kievwhere there is evidence of a wounded woman. There are also one deceased in the Russian region of Belgorod due to a drone attack.
Two women have died and seven more people have been injured, including two children, in the city of Nicolaievin the south of the country, as confirmed by the governor of the region, Vitalii Kim. Two homes have been completely destroyed and five more have significant damage, including skyscrapers and a shopping center, he explained on his Telegram account.
Nicolaiev is a port city on the Black Sea, near the front, that has been the target of numerous attacks since the beginning of the Russian invasion. The authorities of Zaporizhia, Dnipro o Krivoi Rog have also confirmed russian attacks against their territory although at the moment they have not given figures of victims. Besides, two railway workers have been killed and three more injured in an attack on a warehouse in Dnipropetrovsk.
The president of Ukraine, Volodimir Zelensky, has denounced on social networks a “massive attack” that included 120 missiles and 90 droness. The president added that the country’s air defense has managed to shoot down 140 of these projectiles while the rest have hit targets or have hit deserted areas.
“Several Kh-101/55 cruise missilesseveral aeroballistic missiles ‘Kinzhal’several ballistic missiles Iskander-M (KN-23)probably also a type hypersonic missile ‘Zircon’ and up to a dozen attack unmanned aerial vehicles“, the military administration said in a statement published on Telegram.
Attacks on the electrical system
The Minister of Energy of Ukraine, German Galushchenko, has denounced on Facebook that these attacks were mainly directed at the country infrastructure and have caused numerous supply cuts throughout the territory. In particular, the facilities of several thermal power plants have been “severely damaged.”
The Ukrainian electricity agency, Ukrenergo, has announced “preventive blackouts” in three regions of the country as a result of Russian attacks: kyiv, Donetsk and Dnipropetrovsk. “Due to the threat of missile attacks, emergency supply cuts have been scheduled in kyiv. It is a preventive measure,” explained the regional governor, Serhii Popko, quoted by Ukrinform.
In addition, the electrical grid of the city of Odessa has been particularly affected. Right now the authorities have confirmed power outages that have left residents without heat. The tram has also stopped working.
The private electrical company DTEK has specified that some 321,000 subscribers remain without electricity in the city and Odessa region. “Emergency repair work continues in the region,” reads a statement issued by the company.
Attack on a residential area
In addition to the night attack, At least eight people died this Monday and 18 were injured in the Ukrainian city of Odessa after reaching a russian missile a residential areaas reported by local authorities.
“The enemy vilely directed a missile against a residential area, an area of commercial activity. At the moment we know of eight people dead, people who were simply doing their things,” the mayor of Odessa, Genadi Trujanov, wrote on his Telegram account.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has condemned the Russian attack on Odessa on his social networks. “Today Russia attacked Odessa with a missile, which was deliberately aimed at a residential area”he has written in his X account.
“As a result of this barbaric act, innocent lives were lost and many people were injured“lives that could have been saved if we had had the ability to destroy Russian delivery systems, supply chains, arsenals and war factories at their source,” he added.
