Her whole city Lviv in Ukraine without electricity, after massive rocket attacks received on Ukraine including the capital Kyiv. Neighbor Moldova also has massive power outages, although its area was unaffected.

OUR Mayor of Lviv urged citizens to rush to shelters, and the head of the Kyiv region said that critical infrastructure facilities were damaged, as well as houses. It is recalled that Russia has stepped up its attacks on Ukraine’s power grids.

Previously, Ukraine sounded the alarm because of reports of explosions. Mayor of Lviv Andrey Savodiemphasized that the children were taken to shelters along with teachers – and urged parents not to take them until the alarm ended.

The entire Kyiv region was left without electricity Alexey Kulebahead of the regional military command.

Mayor of Kyiv Vitaliy Klichko, says in a Telegram message that “the city’s infrastructure has been damaged” and that the water supply has been cut off. He even encouraged people to stay in shelters.

Shortly before further strikes on Kyiv and Lvov, officials said southern Ukraine was under attack again.

Blackout in Moldova

The Deputy Prime Minister of Moldova said that Russian strikes on Ukrainian energy facilities led to “massive power outages” in Moldova. Andrey Spinov.

“As a result of the Russian bombing of Ukraine’s power grid in the last hour, we have had massive power outages across the country,” Spinow wrote in a Facebook post. Moldova has already faced serious energy problems after the war in Ukraine.

“Massive power outage in Moldova following today’s Russian attack on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure,” tweeted Spinu, who is also the infrastructure minister. “Moldelectrica TSO (transmission system operator) is working to restore electricity supply to more than 50% of the country,” he added.

Dead baby in Zaporozhye

Governor of your region Nikolaev warned of “many missiles” coming from the south and east. AT ZaporozhyeAccording to emergency services, a newborn child died as a result of the missile attack.

In particular, early on Wednesday morning, Russian armed forces attacked the maternity ward of the hospital. VolnyanskyAs a result, a newborn child died, said the head of the Zaporozhye Regional State Administration Oleksandr Starukh.

“At night, the attackers fired huge rockets at the small maternity ward of the Volnyanskaya hospital. Sadness overwhelms our hearts – a newborn child has died,” Mr. Starukh said in his message.

OUR Russia did not comment on any of Wednesday’s strikes.

The problem of energy efficiency

scheduled and unscheduled outages have become part of everyday life in many regions of Ukraine. Russian attacks they destroyed almost half of the power gridand Ukraine and millions of people were left without electricity, especially during a period of lower temperatures.

In recent days, the head of Ukraine’s largest private energy company has said people should even consider leaving the country to reduce demand on the country’s electricity grid.

The mayor of Kyiv predicted that approx. three million inhabitants a very difficult winter awaits residents of the capital of Ukraine due to Russian strikes on energy infrastructure. “This is the worst winter since World War II,” he told German Bild.

He accused the Russian president of trying to force the people of Kiev to leave the city.

Putin is “trying to terrorize the world, to freeze it without light,” according to his Ukrainian counterpart. Vladimir Zelensky under pressure, said the mayor of Kyiv.

“But nothing like this will happen. I got the impression that people will become angrier, more determined. We will not die and end this, as Putin wants,” he said.

Klitschko asked Germany to send generators, protective clothing and various humanitarian items in addition to weapons and ammunition as soon as possible.

The war is at a turning point

Contrary to forecasts and estimates, over the past nine months, Ukrainian forces have succeeded in forcing the Russian occupiers to fail and retreat.

And yet, despite its successes, Ukraine is in some ways still halfway there: its armed forces have so far reclaimed about 55% of the territory captured by Russia after last February’s invasion.

Ukrainian forces are fighting back along most of the 960-kilometer front.

The Russians, on the other hand, are on the defensive in the south and northeast, continuing to attack the town of Bakhmut, which Yevgeny Prigozhin’s Wagner group’s mercenaries consider a “trophy,” according to the NY Times.