Ukraine-Russia war latest: Kyiv says ‘massive’ attack underway with power outages across capital
Russia is bombarding Ukraine’s capital Kyiv with a large-scale drone and missile attack, Ukrainian officials said, with much of the city experiencing power outages.
The head of Kyiv’s military administration said this morning that the city was facing “a ballistic missile attack” and “missiles, one after another”.
At least nine people have been injured, and five of them hospitalised, Kyiv mayor Vitali Klitschko said as high-rise apartment buildings and energy infrastructure were targeted.
Klitschko said power cuts and disruptions to the water supply had hit districts on the east bank of the Dnipro River that runs through the city.
Photos and videos of Kyiv showed entire swathes of the city left in darkness.
Russian forces have focused on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure in recent weeks as winter again approaches in the more than three-and-a-half-year-old war. A massive missile and drone attack last week hit several of Ukraine’s main gas production facilities, causing considerable damage.
