Thu 09 March 2023:
Ukraine’s Energoatom state company said the missile attacks caused the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, which is under Russian control, to lose electric power supply. “The last link between the occupied Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant and the Ukrainian power system was cut off,” it said in a statement.
Energoatom said that the fifth and sixth reactor have been shut down and electric power needed for the plant’s functioning is supplied by 18 diesel generators which have enough fuel for 10 days.
Preventive emergency power cuts were applied in Kyiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk and Odesa regions, supplier DTEK said.
Ukrainian Railways also reported power outages in certain areas.
Five trains were delayed by more than one hour, and 10 trains were delayed by more than 30 minutes, it said.
Initially, the barrages targeting the country’s energy infrastructure took place weekly, plunging the entire cities into darkness, but became more spread out in time, with commentators speculating that Moscow may be saving up ammunition.
The last barrage took place on February 16.
Russia fired 81 missiles, eight drones in morning strikes
Ukrainian air force says Russia fired 81 missiles, including six Kinzhal hypersonic missiles, and eight drones at Ukraine during Thursday’s early morning attacks.
Kyiv destroyed 34 cruise missiles and four Shahed suicide drones, the air force said, adding that eight drones and guided missiles were also prevented from reaching their targets.
The Ukrainian military cannot intercept the Kinzhal missile.
In Kyiv, Mayor Vitali Klitschko said two people were wounded following explosions in the city’s Svyatoshynsky and Holosiivskyi districts.
Power supply has been cut pre-emptively to about 15 percent of Kyiv residents, he added.
In eastern Ukraine, 15 missiles struck the city of Kharkiv and the outlying region, hitting residential buildings, according to Governor Oleh Syniehubov. He promised to reveal more details about the scale of the damage or any casualties in Ukraine’s second-largest city.
“Objects of critical infrastructure is again in the crosshairs of the occupants,” he said in a Telegram post.
In the Odesa region, Governor Maksym Marchenko said on Telegram that a mass missile attack had hit an energy facility in the port city, cutting off power.
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