Kyiv water supply restored but blackouts remain
The authorities in Kyiv say water and power supplies have been restored, a day after a wave of Russian attacks on the Ukrainian capital’s infrastructure.
Announcing the resumption of services, Kyiv Mayor Vitaliy Klitschko on Tuesday said scheduled partial blackouts would continue, to manage electricity demand.
The latest strikes followed an attack on Russia’s Black Sea fleet in Crimea.
They appear to be part of a strategy to damage Ukraine’s infrastructure in the run-up to winter.
Power and water supplies across Ukraine were badly affected after Russia launched dozens of missiles targeting critical facilities on Monday.
Klitschko said at one point, 80% of the capital city had been without water and hundreds of thousands of homes without electricity.
Queues were seen across the city, with residents desperate to collect water from pumps.
Strikes were also recorded in the second city Kharkiv, Dnipro and Zaporizhzhia in the southeast, central Vinnytsia and in the western Lviv region. However, Ukraine’s military said it had shot down 44 cruise missiles.
But in a post on social media on Tuesday, Klitschko said the water supply in Kyiv had been “fully restored” by emergency teams.
Electricity was also restored, he said, adding that planned blackouts would take place “because of the shortage in the energy system”.
As well as the power cuts, people have been urged to use as little power as possible, especially between 06:00 and 11:00 and 17:00 and 23:00. Restaurants, shops and other businesses face restrictions on external lighting.
In his post, Klitschko said that from Wednesday, conventional buses would operate on all trolleybus routes, which run on electricity.
Agencies