Russia Hits Power Plants in Frigid Ukraine
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Feb 3 (Reuters) - Ukrainian Energy Minister Denys Shmyhal said on Tuesday that a power plant in Kyiv's eastern suburbs had been seriously damaged in overnight Russian attacks, prompting officials to redirect resources to restoring heating to thousands of residents.
Russia attacked Ukraine’s capital Kyiv with ballistic missiles early on Tuesday, local authorities reported, following a week-long pause in strikes on major cities and infrastructure agreed to by Russia and the US as Ukraine grapples with plummeting winter temperatures.
Emergency power cuts have hit several Ukrainian cities and neighboring Moldova. Ukraine’s Energy Minister says a technical malfunction caused the outages, affecting power lines between Ukraine and Moldova.
Russian strikes have this month repeatedly cut power and heating to tens of thousands of homes — with Kyiv and its European allies accusing Moscow of deliberately freezing the population.
Volodymyr Zelensky has been talking up Russia’s battlefield fatalities and has asked his new Defense Minister to make it a priority.
Residents of Kyiv are struggling through a harsh winter as months of Russian drone and missile strikes have left hundreds of thousands without heat or electricity.
U.S.-backed trilateral talks involving Ukraine and Russia will take place next week in Abu Dhabi, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Sunday, as Ukrainians
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