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As Ukraine’s energy infrastructure came under renewed attacks on Tuesday, residents in parts of the
capital have been urged to save electricity and water. Since October 10, nearly a third of Ukraine’s power
stations have been destroyed, President Volodymyr Zelensky said Tuesday.

Here are the latest developments:

- Ukrainian power stations take a hit: “Massive blackouts” have taken place across Ukraine as 30%
of the country’s power stations have been destroyed in just over a week, according to Zelensky. The
Ukrainian leader said there is “no space left for negotiations with (russian president vladimir)
putin’s regime.”
- Power outages: At least three Ukrainian cities, including Kyiv, are experiencing power interruptions
following moscow’s attacks on critical infrastructure on Tuesday. The mayor of the Ukrainian
capital, Vitali Klitschko, has urged residents to restrict their use of electricity and water after two
energy facilities were hit.
- Death toll from Kyiv strikes rises: The number of people killed by russia’s fatal attacks on the
Ukrainian capital on Monday has risen to five, according to Klitschko. Separately, at least two
people have died in strikes on Kyiv on Tuesday, Ukraine’s prosecutor general’s office said.
- Partial mobilization in russia: The kremlin said it has not set an end date for putin’s order for
increased military conscription — announced in September — despite as many as 40 regions having
completed their military draft quota as of Tuesday. The mobilization can only end with a
presidential decree, according to government spokesman dmitry peskov. As of Friday, some
222,000 troops out of the planned 300,000 russians had been drafted.
- Nord Stream pipelines: Danish authorities said that explosions were the cause of damage to two
major gas pipelines between russia and Europe last month. The pipelines were created to funnel gas
from russia into the European Union, and were controversial long before russia waged war on
Ukraine, largely because of fears around European reliance on russian energy.
- yeysk fighter jet crash: At least 13 people have died after a russian SU-34 fighter jet crashed into a
residential building in the western city of yeysk during a training flight Monday, according to
russian state media and authorities.

Ukraine war: Energy situation 'critical' after russian attacks

By Hugo Bachega & Paul Kirby

In Kyiv and London

russian forces have again targeted Ukraine's energy facilities, leaving part of Kyiv and other cities
with no power and water.
A presidential aide said the situation across Ukraine was now critical.
Prosecutors say two people were killed in an attack on the capital. Plumes of smoke were seen
billowing from around a power station near the Dnipro river.
 Power and water were cut in Zhytomyr, west of Kyiv, and two facilities were badly damaged in
Dnipro.
"Everyone should be ready, first, to save electricity, and second, rolling power blackouts are also
possible if strikes continue," said Kyrylo Tymoshenko, the deputy head of the president's office. "The
entire population needs to prepare for a tough winter."
President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Twitter on Tuesday that in the past eight days, 30% of
Ukraine's power stations had been destroyed, "causing massive blackouts across the country".
Ukrainian energy firm DTEK said two of its thermal power plants had been significantly damaged
by russian shelling, leaving one worker dead and six others wounded.
russia has stepped up attacks in recent weeks on electricity infrastructure in cities away from the
front lines. Officials have rushed to repair the damage, but the strikes, ahead of winter, have raised
concerns about how the system will respond.

The latest attacks came 24 hours after "kamikaze" drones believed to have been supplied by Iran
killed at least nine people in Kyiv and Sumy, with strikes on infrastructure causing power outages in
hundreds of towns and villages.
It was not initially clear to what extent drones were involved on Tuesday, although Ukraine said
russian bombers had fired missiles and one S-300 anti-aircraft missile had hit a residential building in the
southern city of Mykolaiv overnight, killing one person. The city's flower market was also destroyed.
In Kyiv, presidential aide Kyrylo Tymoshenko said the Troyeschyna area on the bank of the Dnipro
river and some other residential areas had been left without electricity and water.

In other attacks early on Tuesday:

In Zhytomyr, the mayor said there was no power or water in the city and hospitals were working on
back-up power
11 villages in the Zhytomyr region were also without electricity, officials said.
Power and water supplies were disrupted in the central city of Dnipro, where a large energy facility
was destroyed, and officials said street lighting would be turned off
Shelling was reported in the north-eastern city of Kharkiv
Infrastructure in the southern city of Zaporizhzhia was hit, although local officials said no-one had
been hurt.
In some cities, Ukrainians are buying power generators and gas burners, while across the country,
people have been urged to reduce their energy consumption at peak times. Some towns are already facing
rolling blackouts.
In a separate development, Ukraine's state nuclear energy company accused Moscow of abducting
two senior officials at its nuclear plant at Zaporizhzhia. The plant is occupied by russian forces but its
Ukrainian staff continue to work there under difficult conditions.

"We were expecting that russia will intensify attacks on energy infrastructure and civilian
infrastructure and increase the urban warfare towards autumn and here we are exactly with that scenario
taking place," Ukrainian MP Lesia Vasylenko told the BBC.
In its latest assessment, UK defence intelligence said that it was highly likely that russia had
becoming increasingly willing to strike civilian infrastructure in addition to military targets since its
setbacks on the battlefield in recent weeks.
 russia's missile and drone attacks have brought renewed calls from the Ukrainian government for
the delivery of air defence missiles.
Earlier, the US said it agreed with its French and UK allies that the supply of drones by Iran
violated a UN Security Council resolution linked to a nuclear agreement, barring the transfer of certain
military technology.
Ukraine has identified the drones used in deadly attacks on Kyiv and Sumy as Shahed-136
unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). Vedant Patel of the US state department said the US would not hesitate
to use sanctions.
Both russia and Iran have denied that Iranian drones were deployed. The EU has said it is gathering
evidence and is ready to act.
Meanwhile, in one of the biggest prisoner swaps since russia's war began in February, 218 detainees
were exchanged - including 108 Ukrainian women.
And across the Sea of Azov from Ukraine, a russian fighter jet crashed into the courtyard of a block
of flats in the southern russian town of Yeysk. At least 13 people were killed, including three children,
while dozens of residents were rescued from the nine-storey block.
The pilots on board the Su-34 plane ejected.