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The Electricity Company: Russia is trying to 'disconnect' Kyiv. Russia wants to 'disconnect' Kyiv through repeated attacks on electrical infrastructure and force people to flee the capital. This says Vitaliy Zaytjenko, head of Ukraine's national electricity grid operator Ukrenergo, to the newspaper Kyiv Independent.
Zaytjenko says that a number of transformer stations were hit in last night's Russian attacks, which are described as massive. 70 percent of Kyiv is without electricity on Tuesday, according to Ukrenergo.
Two major retail chains have announced that they will close some stores in the capital due to the electricity crisis, writes Kyiv Independent.
Kyiv's mayor Vitali Klitschko has urged everyone who can leave the city to do so while repairs to the power grid are underway. See the article on SVT Nyheter.
Kyiv resident: “Everything has frozen” Hundreds of thousands of Ukrainian households are without electricity and heating due to Russia's ongoing attacks. At the same time, the thermometer in Kyiv is reading between minus 10 and 15 degrees, with forecasts warning of even colder temperatures later in the week.
In tents set up on the streets of the capital, neighbors can gather to warm up and charge their mobile phones. – We haven’t had heat in the apartment for four whole days. Everything has frozen. Now it’s very difficult to restart the system, says Kyiv resident Iryna Palandina.
Russia is reported to have launched hundreds of drones against Ukraine overnight into Tuesday. Mainly targeting the country’s energy infrastructure, but residential areas are also said to have been hit. Watch the report on SVT News.
Zelenskyy: Hundreds of thousands without electricity again in the cold. The situation in Kyiv remains tense after a new wave of Russian attacks on Ukraine overnight, and hundreds of thousands of people are reported to be without electricity on Tuesday morning. This is according to President Zelenskyy, who writes on Telegram that extensive rescue work is underway.
In addition to Kyiv, Russia also attacked targets in, among others, Odessa and Kharkiv, where four people were killed. See the article on SVT News.