On the evening of October 30, Russian forces again attacked Kyiv. Around 22:00, a critical infrastructure facility in the capital was hit. Amid the attack, power supply problems began in the city.
Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko reported this on his Telegram channel.
According to the mayor, a hit on a critical infrastructure facility was recorded. Emergency services have been dispatched to the scene.
As a result of the attack, electricity supply interruptions occurred. The scale of the outages and the number of consumers left without power have not yet been specified. There is also no information on the timing of power restoration.
Later, Klitschko reported damage to the glazing of a multi-story residential building in the Shevchenkivskyi district of the capital. According to preliminary data, there is no fire in the building. Emergency services have been dispatched to the scene.
Updated at 22:41: Later, DTEK confirmed that the enemy attacked an energy facility.
"Part of Obolonskyi, Darnytskyi, Desnyanskyi and Podilskyi districts are without power", - the message says.
Outage schedules are not yet in effect in these districts, power engineers clarified.
DTEK noted that they are already working at the damage sites to restore power to Kyiv residents.
Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko added that due to the Russian strike causing power outages at several critical infrastructure facilities, water pressure in the capital's supply system dropped. There are currently water supply interruptions in Kyiv.
"Power engineers are working on restoration", - he specified.
The new attack occurred amid a difficult situation in Kyiv's energy system. Earlier on October 30, the Ministry of Energy of Ukraine reported significant damage to the energy infrastructure of the capital, Kyiv and Dnipropetrovsk regions as a result of previous Russian shelling.
The ministry warned that full restoration of power supply would take time. Due to damage to energy equipment, emergency outages were already applied in some districts of the capital, during which standard hourly schedules do not apply.
In addition, on the night of October 30, Russian forces attacked Kyiv with ballistic missiles and drones. As a result of the shelling, residential and non-residential buildings were damaged and fires broke out. According to official data as of Friday morning, one person was killed and one woman was injured.
Residents of the capital are urged to follow official updates from city authorities and energy companies and not to ignore air raid alarms. Information about the consequences of the evening attack is being clarified.
Based on materials from: Vitali Klitschko, Kyiv City State Administration, DTEK
