Postcards: Ukrainians struggle with scorching heat amid power crisis
YURII KOVALENKO and IVAN LYUBYSH-KIRDEY, of Reuters, report from Kyiv…
Russia pounds Ukraine’s energy sector, Kyiv urges more air defence assistance
Kyiv, Ukraine Reuters Russia launched a barrage of missiles and drones on Saturday that damaged energy facilities and critical infrastructure across Ukraine, injuring at least four people, and prompting President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to issue a fresh plea for more air defence assistance. The sixth major Russian air attack on the Ukrainian power sector since March […]
Russia’s biggest airstrike in weeks piles pressure on Ukraine power grid
Kyiv, Ukraine Reuters Russian missiles and drones struck nearly a dozen Ukrainian energy infrastructure facilities on Wednesday, causing serious damage at three Soviet-era thermal power plants and blackouts in multiple regions, officials said. Ukraine’s air force said it shot down 39 of 55 missiles and 20 of 21 attack drones used for the attack, which […]
Major Russian air strikes destroy Kyiv power plant, damage other stations
Kyiv, Ukraine Reuters Russian missiles and drones destroyed a large electricity plant near Kyiv and hit power facilities in several regions of Ukraine on Thursday, officials said, ramping up pressure on the embattled energy system as Kyiv runs low on air defences. The major attack more than two years since Russia’s full-scale invasion completely destroyed […]
Russia fires scores of missiles in one of its biggest attacks on Ukraine
Kyiv, Ukraine Reuters Russia fired more than 70 missiles at Ukraine on Friday in one of its biggest attacks since the start of the war, knocking out power in the second-biggest city and forcing Kyiv to implement emergency blackouts nationwide, Ukrainian officials said. Three people were killed when an apartment block was hit in central […]
Russia won’t stop strikes until it runs out of missiles, Ukraine’s Zelenskiy says
Kyiv/Kherson, Ukraine Reuters President Volodymyr Zelenskiy warned Ukrainians to expect another brutal week of cold and darkness ahead, predicting more Russian attacks on infrastructure that would not cease until Moscow ran out of missiles. Russia has been carrying out massive missile bombardments on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure roughly weekly since early October, with each barrage having […]
Snowy Kyiv grapples with power outages amid fears of new attacks
Kyiv, Ukraine Reuters Snow fell in Kyiv and temperatures hovered around freezing on Sunday as millions in and around the Ukrainian capital struggled with disruptions to electricity supply and central heating caused by waves of Russian air strikes. The cold weather is gradually pushing up the energy needs of consumers even as repair workers race […]
Freezing Ukraine gradually restores power after Russian strikes; Pope calls for Ukraine to be “far sighted” to secure peace
Kyiv, Ukraine Reuters Ukrainian authorities on Friday gradually restored power to millions of people left in the dark after the most devastating Russian air strikes so far, aided by the reconnection of the country’s four nuclear plants. National power grid operator Ukrenergo said that as of 7pm local time, 30 per cent of electricity supplies […]
Ukraine says half energy system crippled, Kyiv facing possible “shutdown”
Kyiv/Kherson, Ukraine Reuters Russian missile strikes have crippled almost half of Ukraine’s energy system, the government said on Friday, and authorities in the capital Kyiv warned that the city could face a “complete shutdown” of the power grid as winter sets in. With temperatures falling and Kyiv seeing its first snow, officials were working to […]