More than two-thirds of the Ukrainian capital was still without power on Thursday morning and many residents were without running water, a day after Russian missile strikes caused Kyiv’s worst power outage in nine months of war, Reuters reported.

The capital has been one of the main targets of the latest wave of attacks on energy facilities, which have led to blackouts in many regions and the need for emergency blackouts in others to conserve power and allow repairs to be carried out as winter approaches.

In the pre-war capital with a population of 2.8 million people, where it is already snowing and the icy streets have dropped below zero degrees Celsius.

Kyiv Mayor Vitaliy Klitschko said that electricians and repairmen are doing everything possible to restore electricity supply “as soon as possible”, but the restoration will largely depend on the overall energy “balance” of the national grid.

Kyrylo Tymoshenko, Deputy Head of President Zelenskyi’s Administration, reported that electricity supply has been restored in Kirovohrad and Vinnytsia regions.

In the south, the governor of the Mykolaiv region, Vitaly Kim, called on Ukrainians to be as frugal as possible in the use of electricity.

“Consumption increased this morning (which makes sense), the system doesn’t have enough power to run it for more consumers!!!” he wrote on the Telegram messaging app.

“The energy system is one, like all of us! If you turned off any unnecessary light, it is very important!!!”, he added.