The city of kyiv and ten regions of Ukraine are being affected by power outages, after a new wave of drone attacks by Russian forces, the Ukrainian operator Ukrenergo reported on Monday.
“During the whole night, ‘drones’ (unmanned flying devices) hit energy facilities,” causing a “difficult” situation in the energy system, Ukrenergo said.
The company assures, in a statement released by the Telegram messaging system, that, due to the attack, there are power cuts in kyiv and in “ten other regions of the country.”
According to the Ukrainian authorities, more than thirty Iranian-made drones were fired over Ukraine.
On the other hand, the Russian Army said today that it shot down four US-made HARM missiles over the Belgrogod region, on the border between Russia and Ukraine.
“Four HARM (anti-radar) missiles were shot down in the airspace of the Belgorod region,” the Russian Defense Ministry said in the daily report released via Telegram.
The military offensive launched on February 24 by Russia in Ukraine has already caused the flight of more than 14 million people -6.5 million internally displaced persons and more than 7.8 million to European countries-, according to the most recent data. of the UN, which classifies this refugee crisis as the worst in Europe since World War II (1939-1945).
Right now, 17.7 million Ukrainians need humanitarian aid and 9.3 million need food aid and shelter.
The Russian invasion – justified by Russian President Vladimir Putin as the need to “denazify” and demilitarize Ukraine for Russia’s security – was condemned by the wider international community, which has responded by sending weapons to Ukraine and imposing Russia from the political point of view and economic sanctions.
The UN presented as confirmed since the beginning of the war 6,755 dead civilians and 10,607 wounded, stressing that these figures are far below the real ones.
Source: TSF
