Darkness and communication failure throughout the country on 100 missiles… Power down to neighboring Moldova
Missile strikes resume on G20 day… Zelensky “We will survive”
Russia resumed large-scale missile strikes on major Ukrainian cities, including Kiev, on the 15th (local time), Reuters and AFP reported.
This was the first large-scale air raid in about 15 days since the end of last month, and today is the day the G20 summit was held in Bali, Indonesia.
On this day, power outages occurred across the country as energy infrastructure in major Ukrainian cities came under attack, including Kharkiv in the northeast, Lviv in the west, Zhitomir in the north, and Sumy in the east.
Kirillo Tymoshenko, deputy head of the presidential office, said in a statement that “Russian terrorists have launched another planned attack on energy infrastructure, and the situation in Kiiu is very serious.”
He said at least 12 areas across the country were hit by airstrikes and 15 energy facilities were damaged, leaving more than 7 million homes without power.
The state-owned power company Ukrenergo announced that “all electricity supply has been cut off in the northern and central regions, which were particularly badly damaged.”
Kyiv mayor Vitaly Klitschko said on Telegram that “the massive missile attack caused an emergency power outage across Ukraine and cut off electricity in at least half of Kieu.”
Three residential buildings in the area were also attacked, killing one person.
Large-scale communication failures also occurred in various parts of the country.
Internet watchdog NetBlocks said, “Ukraine is experiencing severe internet disruption.
Recovery efforts are underway in various parts of the country, but work has been slow as the sun set after an airstrike in the late afternoon, the Associated Press said.
Energy Minister Hermann Khalusenko said the strike was the largest bombing of an energy facility since the Russian invasion.
The Ukrainian Air Force said Russia fired about 100 missiles across Ukraine on the same day.
The Air Force explained that the scale was much higher than Russia’s launch of 84 missiles on the 10th of last month as the first retaliation for the Crimean Bridge explosion.
In addition, the air strike also caused a large-scale power outage in the neighboring country of Moldova.
Moldova’s Infrastructure Minister Andrei Spinu said, “Russia’s bombing of Ukraine’s energy system cut off one of the power lines connecting our country, leading to a massive power outage across the country.” Restoration work is underway,” he said.
In a video message, President Volodymyr Zelensky said, “Russia will not be able to achieve its goals with missile strikes. We will restore everything.”
We will survive.”
“Russia responded to President Zelensky’s speech at the G20 with a new missile attack,” said Andriy Ermak, chief of staff to the President of Ukraine, on Twitter. “Terrorists always lose in the end.”
In his speech at the G20, President Zelensky compared the recovery of Kherson City to ‘D-Day’, the day of the Normandy invasion in World War II, saying that the war had reached a watershed.
On the 11th, Russia withdrew from the western bank of the Dnipro River in Kherson, including the southern city of Kherson, after being pushed back by the continued Ukrainian offensive.
Foreign media evaluated this as Ukraine’s biggest military action following the recapture of Kieu and Kharkiv, but the Kremlin refrained from making official comments, saying it was “a decision of the Ministry of Defense.”
On the other hand, Russia began withdrawing its administration from the west bank of the Dnieper River in Kherson Province and some parts of the East Bank on the same day.
Kherson’s pro-Russian administration said on Telegram that employees of administrative and municipal agencies had left the city of Nova Kahouka, which was exposed to artillery fire from Ukrainian forces.
However, it was not confirmed and military forces other than the pro-Russian administration moved.
Nova Kahouka is a city located on the banks of the Dnipro River in Kherson Oblast .If the Ukraine occupies this area, this will be the first crossing point to the Dnipro River from Kherson Oblast since the war.
In particular, the Kahouka Dam, which connects the Nova Kahouka and the west bank of the river, is the only way to cross the Dnipro River in Kherson, except for the Antonovsky Bridge in Kherson.
The Antonovsky Bridge was recently blown up by Russian troops as they were leaving the city of Kherson.
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