A missile strike seriously damaged a key energy facility in Ukraine's capital region, the governor of the Kyiv region said.
's capital region, the country's power system operator said Saturday as the Russian military strove to cut water and electricity in populated areas.Electricity transmission company Ukrenergo said repair crews were working to restore power but warned residents about possible outages.
This week's wide-ranging retaliatory attacks hit residential buildings, killing dozens of people, as well as civil infrastructure such as power stations near Kyiv and other cities far from the front lines of the war. “Putin knew he would not be able to sustain high-intensity missiles strikes for a long time due to a dwindling arsenal of high-precision missiles,” the think tank said.
After the region's worried Kremlin-backed leaders asked civilians Thursday to evacuate to ensure their safety and to give Russian troops more maneuverability, Moscow offered free accommodations to residents who agreed to leave.
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