New strikes hit the cities of kyiv and Lviv on Wednesday. At least three victims and six injured were counted in the capital.
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UA bombardment hit an “infrastructure” site in kyiv on Wednesday, Mayor Vitali Klitschko said, prompting residents to stay in shelters after a series of explosions in the capital. “An infrastructure site was hit. Stay in the shelters,” the mayor of Kyiv wrote on Telegram, without giving further details. “Several other explosions in various neighborhoods,” he added shortly afterwards in a separate message. “Rescue services and doctors are on their way to the places” affected, he added.
Three people were killed and six others injured in these Russian strikes on kyiv, the capital’s military administration announced on Telegram. “A one-story building was damaged” by one of these strikes, added the administration without giving further details. Three Ukrainian nuclear power plants were “disconnected” from the electricity grid after the bombings, announced the national operator, Energoatom. According to the Ukrainian operator, “(the level) of radiation at the sites and adjacent territories has not changed” and “all indicators are normal”. “As soon as the operation of the electrical system is normalized, the supply of electricity from the nuclear power plant will resume,” Energoatom said.
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Russia fired around 70 cruise missiles at Ukraine on Wednesday, 51 of which were shot down, the Ukrainian Air Force said after the bombardment caused massive power cuts. “A total of about 70 Kh-101/Kh-555 Kalibr cruise missiles were fired. Air defense forces destroyed 51 missiles. In addition, five Lancet-type kamikaze drones were destroyed in the south of the country,” she said on Telegram.
Power cuts in Kyiv, Lviv and Moldova
The mayor of kyiv also reported “emergency” power cuts in “certain districts” of the capital. A northern district of kyiv was left without electricity just after a series of explosions, noted a journalist from Agence France-Presse. Problems with the mobile network were also observed in the capital. “Due to the shelling, the water supply is suspended throughout Kyiv. The specialists […] are working to restore it as quickly as possible,” Vitali Klitschko also said on Telegram, calling on residents to stock up on water.
The governor of the Kyiv region, Oleksiï Kouleba, reported on Telegram of “residential” areas and “critical infrastructure sites” affected in this region. “There is a risk of further shelling,” he warned. The mayor of Lviv in western Ukraine, Andriï Sadovy, for his part indicated that “the whole city” was without electricity. “Problems with the water supply are possible,” he warned.
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Moldova was also the victim of “massive power outages” on Wednesday following Russian strikes on Ukrainian energy sites, said Moldovan Deputy Prime Minister Andrei Spinu. “Following Russia’s bombardment of Ukraine’s energy system over the past hour, we have massive blackouts across the country,” he posted on Facebook as Moldova was already coping. to major energy problems in connection with the war in Ukraine.