Ukrainian officials say latest attacks hit ‘critical infrastructure’, causing power shortages.
Russia fired a barrage of missiles across Ukraine, hitting infrastructure and triggering more electricity blackouts in several cities, officials have said.
In Kyiv, the attacks caused partial power and water shortages, Al Jazeera’s Harry Fawcett reported from the capital, saying it was “the third Monday in October that there have been a series of such strikes here”.
Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said the missile hits had left 80 percent of consumers without water supply. “Engineers are also working to restore power to 350,000 homes in Kyiv that were left without electricity”.
In Ukraine’s second-largest city Kharkiv, officials said the attacks caused disruption in the metro system while in Zaporizhzhia, further south, power shortages were also reported.
Kyrylo Tymoshenko, the head of the office of the Ukrainian presidency, said in a post on the Telegram messaging app that Russia had launched more than 50 cruise missiles, with a total of 44 being shot down....
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