According to President Zelenskyy, Russian airstrikes have destroyed almost 30 percent of all power plants in Ukraine since October 10.

According to him, the country is therefore struggling with “large-scale power failures”. Russia has increased its air strikes on Ukrainian targets since last week. Today, electric power stations in the city of Zhytomyr were hit by rockets, among others, leaving the entire city without electricity and water, according to the mayor. Area hospitals were forced to use backup generators.

50,000 people without electricity in Kyiv

Power supplies were also hit by rockets in Kyiv. As a result, according to the energy manager, 50,000 people are without electricity. Power supplies were destroyed in Dnipro, Ukraine’s third largest city. According to Mayor Filatov, “heating and communication buildings” were also among the attacks. According to him, Russia wants to “try to destroy our infrastructure”.

The British Ministry of Defense also says in a daily update that the target of the intensified Russian attacks “is likely to severely damage Ukraine’s electricity supply”. So-called suicide drones have been used in the Zaporizhzhya region to damage energy supplies.

“More than a hundred explosive drones land on targets”

According to the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry, more than a hundred such drones landed on power plants, sewage treatment plants and bridges in the past week. However, the intensified airstrikes of the last few days not only hit infrastructure, but also civilian targets. In Kyiv, among other places, the demolition drones landed in populated areas on Monday, killing four people.

In a televised address Monday, President Zelenskyy said Russia is using Iranian-made drones as it continues to lose ground in the war. “Russia has no chance on the battlefield and tries to compensate for its military losses with terror.”