Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyi said his country was experiencing extreme power outages Thursday night after a new wave of Russian missile attacks, even as temperatures dropped to freezing and below, CNN reported.

Volodymyr ZelenskyiPhoto: ABACA / Abaca Press / Profimedia

In his daily video message, Zelenskyi said that the teams are doing everything possible to normalize the supply, but “emergency power outages other than those planned for stabilization” have occurred again.

“Currently, more than 10 million Ukrainians are without electricity,” he said – the same number as on Tuesday night, after a series of rocket attacks.

The majority of power outages occurred in Vinnytsia, Odesa, Sumy and Kyiv regions, the president noted.

The Kyiv electricity supplier company “Yasno” reported that during the day there were emergency power outages in the city, and the power supply in the network was less than half of the normal. According to him, energy workers are trying to stabilize the system to avoid further damage.

Zelenskyi said that dozens of people were injured as a result of the rocket fire in Dnipro. According to him, seven bodies were found in Zaporizhzhia on Wednesday evening from the remains of a residential building destroyed by Russian bombings.

“Again and again, we repeat to our partners that only the full protection of Ukrainian skies will save both Ukraine and Europe from many possible escalations of Russian aggression and will certainly encourage Russia to truly stop the war,” Zelenskyy said. withstands waves of missile attacks.

Zelensky also welcomed the four-month extension of the Black Sea grain export agreement and the verdict in the MH17 case in the Netherlands.