Zelensky’s office has urged citizens to prepare for outages following Russian strikes on the country’s energy infrastructure
Kiev has warned Ukrainians of tough times ahead as rolling power outages and a lack of water and energy for heating are expected across the country, following Russia’s missile attacks on the country’s energy infrastructure.
President Vladimir Zelensky’s deputy chief-of-staff, Kirill Timoshenko, announced on Tuesday that “the situation across the country is critical.”
“Each region depends on the other. That is why we should prepare for a loss of electricity, water and heat,” he said. If Russia’s strikes continue, Timoshenko urged people to prepare for rolling blackouts and to try to preserve energy.
His comments come after Moscow’s forces targeted large energy supply facilities in Kiev, Dnepropetrovsk, and Zhitomir on Tuesday morning. The executive director of Ukrainian energy company DTEK, Dmitry Sakharuk,…
