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Russia carried out a barrage of attacks on critical infrastructure in Kiev and Kharkiv on Monday morning, Ukrainian authorities said

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AP/EFREM LUKATSKY - In recent weeks, Russian regiments have again increased attacks on Kiev, especially with kamikaze drones, targeting energy infrastructure and other civilian targets
Enrique Fernández
Updated: 31/10/22

On the 250th day since the war in Ukraine began, the attack on three Russian fleet ships in the Black Sea on Saturday 29 October prompted a Russian response early on Monday. Putin's forces attacked the energy installations by firing "more than 50 missiles". The Ukrainian presidency has denounced massive attacks by the Moscow government simultaneously in several of the country's main populated regions. These offensives have resulted in intermittent power cuts and difficulty of access to drinking water in different parts of the country.

Parts of the capital have been left without power and water supplies, which, according to the city's mayor Vitali Klitschko, will affect some 350,000 households. Ukrainian sources say Moscow's forces used drones and strategic bombers in Monday's wave of attacks. Some 40 cruise missiles were also detected, according to national media reports. There was no immediate information on possible casualties. The authorities have warned that explosions have been recorded at several points in the region, as well as in the Cherkasi and Zaporiyia area, where civilian infrastructure has also been damaged.

"Russian terrorists have launched new massive attacks on Ukraine's energy system," said the head of the presidential office, Kyrilo Tymoshenko, via his Telegram account, as reported by the Ukrinform portal. In addition, attacks on critical power supply facilities were reported in the Kirovohrad region and in Vinnytsia, while in Lviv, anti-aircraft defences managed to neutralise most of the Russian missiles. In Kharkov, two strikes affected critical infrastructure facilities and the metro stopped working. Parts of the Ukrainian railways were also without electricity, the Ukrainian railway company reported.

For the past few weeks, Russian regiments have again stepped up attacks on Kiev, especially using kamikaze drones and targeting energy infrastructure and other civilian targets. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has consistently denounced the use of these Iranian-made drones and called for a strong international reaction. Moscow has denied that these attacks are a response to the mid-October tanker explosion in the annexed Crimea, which Russia blamed on Ukraine.

One of the missiles shot down by Ukraine's air defence crashed near the border with Moldova. The rocket shattered a window in Naslavcea, a town in Moldova's northernmost Ocnita district, between Vinnytsia and Chernivtsi in Ukraine. However, Moldova's Interior Ministry said there were no casualties. Authorities in Chisinau said the possible target was a dam on the nearby Transnistria River.

"At around 08:00 (local time), the enemy carried out missile attacks in Zaporiyia. Initial reports indicate that the missiles were launched from the air. Critical infrastructure facilities have been damaged. There could be power outages," Oleksandr Starukh, head of the Military Administration of the southern region, reported on his Telegram account. According to Starukh, there are no confirmed casualties at the moment, although emergency services have been dispatched to the areas hit.

The facilities at the Zaporiyia nuclear power plant (now controlled by the Russians, although Ukrainian workers are employed there) have come under attack, forcing it to be disconnected from the local energy system, with Russia and Ukraine accusing each other of the attacks.

Two days ago, the Kremlin accused Kiev of a large-scale attack on Ukraine with drone strikes against Russia's Black Sea fleet off the coast of the annexed Crimean peninsula. Ukraine denied the attack and said Russia had mishandled its weapons, but Moscow said it would end its participation in a UN-brokered deal that allows ships carrying food from Ukraine safe passage.

Commenting on Monday's attacks, the head of Ukraine's presidential office, Andrey Yermak, said Russian soldiers "continue to fight against civilian facilities". "We will endure, and generations of Russians will pay a high price for their misfortune," Yermak said, following the second Russian attack in October.

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