US EditionKyiv Mayor Klitschko Urges Residents to 'Temporarily Leave City' as Russia Targets Critical Infrastructure
Half of Kyiv's apartments lost heating after a Russian attack damaged critical infrastructure, prompting mayor's evacuation request to ease restoration efforts, officials said.
- On Jan. 9, Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko urged residents to temporarily leave the city after heating was knocked out in about 6,000 apartment buildings.
- As temperatures dropped below-10°C, Russian forces launched a mass overnight attack using 242 drones and 36 missiles, including the Oreshnik intermediate-range ballistic missile targeting Lviv Oblast, western Ukraine.
- The strike caused civilian casualties and infrastructure damage, officials reported, hitting energy infrastructure and residential buildings, killing at least four and injuring 19 while hospitals and maternity wards in Kyiv were reconnected to power and heating.
- Deputy Energy Minister Mykola Kolisnyk said the fewer consumers there are, the easier it is to handle the situation, adding Kyiv residents spreading to villages would ease pressure on city systems.
- Kyiv, home to around 4 million people, has endured repeated attacks on its energy infrastructure as 556,000 residents across six municipalities lost power, officials say.
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Last night's attack on Kiev's infrastructure was the most serious of the war to date.
Massive Russian strikes killed at least four people and deprived of heating half of Kiev's residential buildings, pushing the mayor of the Ukrainian capital to call on the population on Friday to "temporarily" evacuate the city.This new night of bombing saw the use, for the second time since the beginning of the war in February 2022 of the last-generation Russian ballistic missile Orechnik, in western Ukraine.The European Union, Paris, Berlin an…
Kyiv Mayor Urges Residents to Temporarily Leave City: "All in All, It's Very Difficult to Live Here"
In Ukraine, residents of Kyiv have been ordered to temporarily evacuate the city. Due to numerous Russian attacks on energy infrastructure, much of the city is in darkness and without heat. "It's very difficult to live here," says correspondent Arnaud De Decker.
A Russian attack left half of the capital's residential buildings without heating.
After a massive Russian air raid, there are still massive problems with electricity, heat and water supply in Kiev. Mayor Vitali Klitschko therefore advises: Who can, should leave the Ukrainian capital temporarily.
According to Mayor Klichko, the most recent Russian attack on Kyiv has been the most serious for the city's infrastructure. Thousands of households lack electricity and heat.
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