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Following what Ukrainian officials described as yet another “massive” Russian missile attack on energy facilities, Ukraine experienced widespread blackouts and 80 percent of Kyiv residents lost access to water on Monday.
Early on Monday, “more than 50” cruise missiles were fired against targets all around the nation, according to the Ukrainian army via Telegram.
Days after Russia accused Ukraine of conducting drone assaults on its Crimea fleet in the Black Sea, several explosions rocked Kyiv.
Vitali Klitschko, the mayor of the city, posted on Telegram that 80 percent of consumers in Kyiv are still without access to water because of the emergency situation.
The 350,000 households in Kiev that were left without electricity are also being worked on by engineers, he continued.
According to AFP correspondents, the city heard at least five explosions between 8:00 and 8:20 a.m. local time.
In “hundreds” of urban areas spread over seven Ukrainian regions, according to Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal, there are power outages.
Kyrylo Tymoshenko, the deputy head of the Ukrainian president, declared that “Russian terrorists have once more begun a huge attack against energy installations.”
Winter will be chilly.
A soldier close to one of the sites hit north of Kiev told AFP that three missiles had fired.
The military remarked at a blocked junction, “It’s unsafe here because there could be more strikes.”
Mila Ryabova, 39, a resident of a neighbouring village, told AFP that eight to ten “strong explosions” had awakened her up.
“We were preparing my daughter for school with my family, but suddenly there is no electricity in our home or at school,” a translator named Ryabova said.
“I have no fear of anything. We are not among those who are still staying in shelters.
However, because a chilly winter is coming, we are fretting and discussing opportunities to relocate abroad. We could be without heat or electricity. With a young toddler in tow, it might be difficult to manage.
Infrastructure was the target of similar attacks throughout Ukraine, particularly in the northeastern city of Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhia in the south, and the western city of Lviv.
The Moldovan government reported that a Russian missile that Ukrainian air defences shot down on Monday crashed in a village in northern Moldova, but no one was hurt.
According to the country’s interior minister, the missile hit the village of Naslavcea, which is not far from the Ukrainian border.
Dmytro Kuleba, the foreign minister of Ukraine, wrote on Twitter that “Russia fights citizens, not soldiers.”
deals with grains
Following Russia’s withdrawal from a historic accord that permitted crucial grain shipments across a maritime safety corridor, the attack on Monday has taken place.
To lessen the global food crisis brought on by the conflict, it is essential that Russia and Ukraine sign the grain export agreement that was mediated by Turkey and the UN in July.
However, when Kiev was accused of a “massive” drone attack on its Black Sea fleet, which Ukraine referred to as a “false pretext,” Russia stated on Saturday that it would withdraw from the agreement.
The headquarters and logistical centre for the fleet’s operations in Ukraine is Sevastopol, which is located in the Crimean peninsula that Moscow has annexed. Sevastopol has been attacked often in recent months.
A marine traffic website reports that two cargo ships carrying grain and other agricultural items left Ukrainian ports on Monday despite Russia’s decision to withdraw from the agreement.
According to the Joint Coordination Center, which has been managing the arrangement, four ships were scheduled to arrive in Ukraine on Monday and twelve were scheduled to depart Ukraine.
Military targets or hostages cannot ever be taken from or retained on civilian cargo ships. The food must move, declared Amir Abdulla, the UN’s coordinator for the Black Sea Grain Initiative, on Twitter.
In his evening address on Sunday, Zelensky said that “more than two million tonnes of food” were at sea but were being slowed down by Russia’s efforts.
He continued, “This is an absolutely apparent objective of Russia to return the threat of widespread hunger to Africa and Asia.
