Russian missile and drone strikes overnight damaged energy infrastructure around Kyiv and the city’s Northern Bridge, disrupting power, heating and transport in the Ukrainian capital, though the city said Saturday evening that normal water pressure had been restored and repairs were continuing.
Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said energy infrastructure in the Kyiv and Zhytomyr regions was damaged, with disruptions to heating and water systems, and that the Pivnichnyi Bridge was closed to traffic in both directions for structural assessment after suffering surface and power-line damage. Five people were injured, including a 14-year-old, the city said. By early afternoon about 60 percent of the capital’s apartment buildings had been reconnected to heat and metro lines had resumed running with voltage fluctuations.
Ukraine’s energy ministry said systems sending power from two nuclear plants to the city and Ukraine’s central regions were seriously damaged, the report said. State energy company Naftogaz said one of its oil and gas facilities in central Ukraine was struck three times overnight, triggering an explosion and major fire, with no employee injuries, the company said.
The attack, which Ukraine’s president said involved 36 ballistic missiles and 172 drones, struck as households and businesses head into winter, when energy supply disruptions carry the highest costs for heating, water and transport. Negotiators from Russia, Ukraine and the United States are set to meet Tuesday in Abu Dhabi for talks aimed at ending the war.
JBizNews Desk | Kyiv, Ukraine
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