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Ukraine's air force command reported that 33 missiles had been
fired at Ukraine on Saturday morning, and that 18 of those had
been shot down.
Since Oct. 10, Russia has launched a series of devastating
salvos at Ukraine's power infrastructure, which have hit at
least half of its thermal power generation and up to 40% of the
entire system.
Local officials in regions across Ukraine reported strikes on
energy facilites and power outages as engineers scrambled to
restore the ruined network. Some advised residents to stock up
on water in case of cut-offs.
After the first wave of missiles hit early in the morning, air
raid sirens rang out again nationwide at 11.15 a.m. local time
(0815 GMT).
State grid operator Ukrenergo said the attacks targeted
transmission infrastructure in western Ukraine, but that power
supply restrictions were being put in place in ten regions
across the entire country, including in the capital, Kyiv.
"The scale of damage is comparable or may exceed the
consequences of the attacks (between) October 10-12," Ukrenergo
wrote on the Telegram app, referring to the first wave of
strikes on Ukraine's power system last week.
"Another rocket attack from terrorists who are fighting against
civilian infrastructure and people," the Ukrainian president's
chief of staff, Andriy Yermak, wrote on the Telegram app.
Ukrainian forces shot down a Russian missile over the Kyiv
region, local police chief Andriy Nyebytov said, posting a
photograph of a column of smoke rising from a forest where he
said the missile's debris had landed.
(Reporting by Max Hunder; Editing by Kirsten Donovan)
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