Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Monday condemned Russia's overnight and early morning barrage on his country as 'vile' and said it involved over 100 missiles of various types and about 100 'Shahed' drones.
A Russian Army Buk-2M self-propelled, medium-range surface-to-air missile system fires at air targets in an undisclosed location in Ukraine in this photo released Sunday, Aug. 25, 2024. on Monday condemned Russia's overnight and early morning barrage on his country as "vile" and said it involved over 100 missiles of various types and about 100 "Shahed" drones.
"The energy infrastructure has once again become the target of Russian terrorists. Unfortunately, there is damage in a number of regions," Shmyhal said, adding that Ukraine's state-owned power grid operator, Ukrenergo, has been forced to implement emergency power cuts to stabilize the system. Explosions were heard in the capital, Kyiv. Power and water supplies in the city have been disrupted by the attack, Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said.
Ukraine's private energy company, DTEK, introduced emergency blackouts, saying in an online statement that "energy workers throughout the country work 24/7 to restore light in the homes of Ukrainians."In the wake of the barrage and the power cuts, regional officials all across Ukraine were ordered to open "points of invincibility" -- shelter-type places where people can charge their devices and get refreshments during energy blackouts, Prime Minister Shmyhal said.
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