Zelenskyy, Kyiv mayor trade blame as Russian strikes plunge city into darkness
Klitschko said repeated Russian strikes have strained Kyiv’s utilities, while repair crews work to restore power and water to the capital.
- On Tuesday, Russia launched a massive overnight strike on Ukraine's energy infrastructure, damaging the Kyiv regional power hub and forcing emergency power cuts across multiple regions, according to Ukrenergo, the national grid operator.
- Energy Minister Denys Shmyhal reported the assault involved 289 drones, 17 ballistic missiles, and 59 cruise missiles, demonstrating the severe damage inflicted on the national energy grid which forced emergency outages nationwide.
- De-Energized pumping stations disrupted water supplies across Kyiv, forcing officials to deploy buses on alternate routes and open warming centers where residents could charge devices, Mayor Vitali Klitschko said on Tuesday.
- Trading fresh accusations, President Volodymyr Zelensky and Klitschko argued on Friday over capital preparedness, with Zelensky calling energy challenges "extremely serious" while Klitschko suggested the government "cynically" stalled resilience plans.
- Kyiv has warned that Russia's strategy aims to disable 90% of Ukraine's utilities during winter, creating critical vulnerabilities as repair efforts face repeated strikes and worsening grid conditions.
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For weeks, Russia has been attacking the Ukrainian energy grid, the capital Kyyiv remains dark again and again. President Selenskyj sees the guilt of Mayor Klichko.
Ukrainian energy supply is severely damaged by Russian attacks. In Kiev in particular, residents suffer from long power and water failures. President Selenskyj sees failures with Mayor Klichko - this counters.
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After Russian attacks on the energy infrastructure, the Ukrainian President and Kiev's mayor are accusing themselves of serious failures. Their conflict has been fading for years.
Zelenskiy, Kyiv mayor trade blame as Russian strikes plunge city into darkness
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko traded fresh accusations on Friday of failing to prepare the Ukrainian capital for new Russian strikes that have plunged the city into unprecedented power and water outages.
President Volodymyr Zelensky and the mayor of Kiev, Vitali Klitschko, exchanged new charges on Friday (6) for not having prepared the Ukrainian capital for the recent Russian attacks, which caused unprecedented interruptions in the supply of electricity and water in the city.
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