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Parts of Ukraine’s capital have been left without water or electricity following what the country’s energy minister called a “barbaric new attack” on the country’s critical infrastructure, adding several hydroelectric plants.
The mayor of the Ukrainian capital said 80% of Kyiv’s consumers were left without a water source “due to damage to a forced plant near” the city due to Monday’s relentless Russian attacks.
The local government was rushing to repair as soon as possible, Mayor Vitaly Klitschko said, and meanwhile told Kyiv citizens to “get water from the nearest pump rooms and outlets. “
This comes amid reports that hydropower in Kremenchuk, Kyiv, Odessa, Zaporizhzhia and Cherkasy has been attacked.
“Another barbaric attack on Ukraine’s energy formula took position this morning. Electrical substations, hydroelectric and heat-generating facilities were attacked with rockets,” Energy Minister German Galushchenko wrote on Facebook.
He said there were partial blackouts in some regions and emergency shutdowns were imposed in others on the load on the electrical system.
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11:56 , Emily Atkinson
The Kremlin has rejected media reports that Liz Truss’ cell phone was hacked through Russian agents.
The Daily Mail reported Saturday that Russian spies gained access to the former prime minister’s phone while she was foreign minister.
Asked about the report, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said little in the British media could be taken seriously.
“Unfortunately, there is a shortage of British media that can be perceived as serious. And we treat those publications like the yellow press,” Peskov said.
11:21 , Emilie Atkinson
A primary hydroelectric plant in Kremenchuk in central Ukraine was attacked, the regional governor said, without specifying whether it had been hit or damaged.
Unconfirmed reports on social media and local media that hydroelectric power plants have also been attacked in the Kyiv region, the southern regions of Odessa and Zaporizhzhia, and the central Cherkasy region.
“Another barbaric attack on Ukraine’s energy formula took position this morning. Electrical substations, hydroelectric and heat-generating facilities were attacked with rockets,” Energy Minister German Galushchenko wrote on Facebook.
He said there were partial blackouts in some regions and emergency shutdowns were imposed in others on the load on the electrical system.
10:50 , Emilie Atkinson
The mayor of the Ukrainian capital said 80 percent of Kyiv’s consumers were left without a water source “due to damage to a forced plant near” the city during attacks by the Russian military on Monday.
The local government was rushing to repair as soon as possible, Mayor Vitaly Klitschko said, and meanwhile told Kyiv citizens to “get water from the nearest pump rooms and outlets. “
In a separate message on Telegram, Klitschko added that water in some spaces in Kyiv will be restored in “three to 4 hours” and that electricity has already been restored in one of the city’s neighborhoods.
10:27 , Emilie Atkinson
A large flurry of Russian moves hit critical infrastructure in Kyiv and cities, Ukrainian officials said.
The attack cut off power and water in Ukraine’s capital, its mayor, Vitaly Klitschko, said.
It reportedly broke an electrical installation that charges thousands of apartments in Kyiv.
The city has already faced power cuts due to Russian attacks on infrastructure.
Zoe Tidman reports:
Kyiv hit by Russian missile barrage as capital plunges into new blackout
10:08 , Emilie Atkinson
This map shows the current state of the war in Ukraine and the sites of the October 31 attacks.
09:30, Emily Atkinson
The mayor of Kharkiv reported severe damage to shipping and water source as a result of this morning’s strikes, but told citizens that an emergency was being executed to restore “normal life. “
Posted on Telegram this morning, Ihor Terekhov said: “After the morning arrivals, the scenario in Kharkiv is complicated. The blow fell on critical infrastructure, as a result of which the subway and electric land transport were closed. At the moment, we have controlled to liberate the Kholodnogorsko-Zavodskaya line and replaced trolleybuses and trams with buses.
“There are also problems with the water source, but electrical engineers and our utilities are doing everything imaginable to repair the water source of Kharkiv’s citizens’ homes as soon as possible. All facilities are functioning to repair Kharkiv’s general life support. Together, we will resist and win.
09:04 , Emilie Atkinson
Britain’s ambassador to Ukraine, Melinda Simmons, commented on reports that Russian forces attacked electrical installations in Kyiv with missiles on Monday.
“Seek shelter downstairs and pay attention to the rumblings outside,” he wrote on Twitter. “Kyiv is under attack again.
08:42 , Emilie Atkinson
As bloodless weather approached, dire warnings were issued in Kharkiv, where energy infrastructure came under fire this morning.
In a report for Kivsharivka, an urban deal in eastern Ukraine, The Independent’s foreign correspondent Bel Trew recounted how the elderly are already living in makeshift huts in an effort to keep warm.
“Yesterday I was in Kivsharivka, where under the shelling, without electricity, fuel or water, the elders build makeshift outdoor huts with reclaimed cabinets, wood and scrap steel to cook and go out to warm up. They told me they were completely dependent on humanitarian aid. “food aid,” he wrote on Twitter.
In an earlier tweet, Bel said he was completely without power this morning following the bombing in the area.
“This is going to be the nightmare as temperatures drop,” he wrote.
08:24 , Emilie Atkinson
Kyiv is the only Ukrainian city that has noticed major obstacles from Russian movements in its critical infrastructure.
Here’s what we know so far:
Reports of imaginable power cuts in the cities of Kharkiv and Zaporizhzhia as a result of strikes
Critical infrastructure elements were affected in the Cherkasy region, southeast of Kyiv.
The power plant in the Kirovohrad region of central Ukraine has been attacked, according to authorities.
In Vinnytsia, a missile he shot down landed on civilian buildings, wounding but no casualties, according to regional governor Serhii Borzov.
In Kharkiv, the metro stopped working. Parts of the Ukrainian Railways were left without power, Ukrainian Railways reported.
Explosions have also been reported in other parts of Ukraine.
08:11 , Emilie Atkinson
Videos of smoke emerging over Kyiv lit up Twitter this morning following reports of movements across the city.
Rohit Kachroo, global security editor at ITV News, previously wrote that he heard 8 explosions in the Ukrainian capital, along with a short video looking north from the city centre:
07:58 , Emilie Atkinson
Civilian shipping ships can never be targeted by the army or taken hostage, the UN coordinator for the Black Sea Grain Initiative said, insisting that “food will have to flow” under the agreement from which Russia withdrew over the weekend.
Abdulla’s comment on Twitter came after the United Nations, Turkey and Ukraine put in place a transit plan. Russia withdrew and said it could “ensure the protection of civilian ships” after an attack on its fleet in the Black Sea.
07:46 , Emilie Atkinson
Engineers are working to repair damage to a power facility building about 350,000 apartments in Kyiv, Mayor Vitaly Klitschko said.
Following a barrage of Russian movements in the Ukrainian capital this morning, he wrote on Telegram: “Specialists, as well as other emergency facilities and the government are doing everything imaginable to stabilize the scenario as soon as possible. “
07:35 , Emilie Atkinson
Government officials corroborated reports of brutal movements in Kyiv and other parts of Ukraine this morning.
Lesia Vasylenko, a Ukrainian MP, tweeted this morning: “Monday begins with Russian missile strikes across the country. Kiev has been on fire for an hour. More power cuts. And there is no water in some parts of the city. Putin’s crimes against civilians continue. “.
Meanwhile, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba called on others to justify the Russian moves as a “response. “
“Another batch of Russian missiles is hitting Ukraine’s infrastructure. Instead of fighting on the battlefield, Russia is fighting civilians,” he wrote on Twitter.
“Don’t justify those attacks as a ‘response. ‘ Russia does this, it still has the missiles and the will to kill Ukrainians.
A spokesman for Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry said amid reports of movements in infrastructure that Vladimir Putin’s “sole purpose is death and destruction. “
Posting on social media this morning, he said: “The morning starts with air defense sirens across Ukraine. Russian missiles hit the force’s infrastructure in Kyiv and cities, causing water and power cuts.
“Russia is interested in peace talks, not global food security. Putin’s sole purpose is death and destruction.
07:23 , Emilie Atkinson
Relentless Russian moves affected critical infrastructure in Kyiv, Kharkiv and other cities this morning, according to local officials.
As a result, part of the Ukrainian capital was absolutely cut off from electricity and water, Mayor Vitaly Klitschko said after blackouts in the city.
Elsewhere, officials reported imaginable power cuts in the cities of Kharkiv and Zaporizhzhia due to strikes.
This comes just two days after Russia blamed Ukraine for a drone attack on Russia’s Black Sea fleet off the coast of the annexed Crimean peninsula. Ukraine has denied the attack, accusing Russia of mishandling its own weapons.
Moscow has announced it is ending its participation in a UN-brokered deal to allow the safe passage of ships carrying grain from Ukraine.
07:02 , Alisha Rahaman Sarkar
A series of explosions were heard in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv on Monday morning.
Similar explosions were heard in Kharkiv, where Russia “hit the city’s infrastructure,” Mayor Ihor Terekhov said.
The sirens of airstrikes are on everywhere in the country.
06:47 , Alisha Rahaman Sarkar
Wheat futures rose after Russia suspended a deal allowing Ukraine’s grain exports across the Black Sea.
Moscow suspended the grain deal after the drones moved in its naval fleet, saying one of the drones could have come from a grain vessel that is part of the initiative.
Wheat in Chicago jumped 7. 7 to $8. 9 a bushel at Monday’s opening before cutting gains to $5. 6 at 11:15 a. m. m. in Singapore, Bloomberg reported.
Meanwhile, Ukraine, Turkey and the UN agreed to sail 16 ships with food from Ukrainian ports today, defying Russia’s decision.
06:14 , Alisha Rahaman Sarkar
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said his troops had repelled a “fierce offensive” through Russian forces in the eastern Donetsk region.
The wartime president said a unit of Chop’s army in western Ukraine had taken action, but specified where the clash occurred.
“Today they stopped the fierce offensive movements of the enemy,” Zelensky said in his evening speech. “The Russian attack repelled. “
05:43 , Alisha Rahaman Sarkar
UN leader Antonio Guterres is running to revive the Black Sea grain export deal aimed at alleviating a food crisis, and expressed “deep concern” over Russia’s unilateral suspension of the deal with Ukraine.
Vladimir Putin’s regime wrote to M. on Saturday. Guterres to announce that he is “indefinitely” postponing his participation in the agreement because he simply cannot “guarantee the protection of civilian vessels” traveling under the pact, after accusing Ukraine of a major drone strike. in its Black Sea fleet.
The move will drastically reduce grain shipments from Ukraine, a country described as the “breadbasket of the world,” and global wheat costs are expected to rise on Monday in what Kyiv called Moscow’s “hunger games. “
Ukraine warned that 218 ships have been “effectively blocked” by Moscow’s decision, and President Volodymyr Zelensky threatens to cause a full-scale famine in Africa and Asia.
Andy Gregory reports.
UN leader tries to save grain deal amid fears over Russia’s ‘hunger games’
05:42 , Alisha Rahaman Sarkar
U. S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on a call and discussed Russia’s war against Ukraine and the threats it poses to global security and economic stability.
Blinken also discussed with his Chinese counterpart the need to keep lines of communication open and responsibly manage U. S. -China relations, according to a statement from the U. S. State Department.
05:41 , Alisha Rahaman Sarkar
The UN, Turkey and Ukraine have continued to enforce a Black Sea grain deal and agreed on a transit plan for 16 ships on Monday, despite Russia’s withdrawal from the pact.
Russia on Saturday suspended its role in the grain deal for an “indefinite period,” cutting off shipments from one of the world’s most sensible grain exporters because it said it could “ensure the protection of civilian vessels” after an attack in its Black Sea. fleet.
The move sparked an outcry from Ukraine, NATO, the United States and the United Kingdom, while the UN and Turkey, two major players in the July deal, rushed to save it on Sunday.
05:35 , Alisha Rahaman Sarkar
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky accused his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin of creating “conditions for synthetic starvation” after Russia suspended a U. N. -brokered grain export deal.
“How can Russia be part of the G-20 if it intentionally works to fight famine on several continents?” said Zelensky in a speech on Ukrainian television, according to NBC News.
He said Russia “does everything possible to ensure that millions of Africans, millions of other people in the Middle East and South Asia find themselves in situations of artificial famine or at least a serious crisis of value. “
04:50 , Alisha Rahaman Sarkar
Welcome to The Independent’s policy on Russia’s war in Ukraine.