Russian attacks destroyed 30% of Ukrainian power stations Zelensky says

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Russian attacks destroyed 30% of Ukrainian power stations Zelensky says

A view of Kyiv late on Oct. 11 during a rolling blackout after rocket attacks hit critical infrastructure. Photo: Eugene Kotenko/AFP via Getty Images over the past eight days have destroyed 30% of the country's power stations, causing "massive blackouts across the country," Ukrainian President on Tuesday. Driving the news: Russia has since Oct. 10, when Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered a missile and cities across Ukraine in retaliation for the linking mainland Russia with occupied Crimea — which .Zelensky wrote Monday that kamikaze drones and missiles were "attacking all of Ukraine." The big picture: Zelensky described the attacks on energy and critical infrastructure as "another kind of Russian terrorist attacks," adding that there is "no space left for negotiations with Putin's regime."Two people died in a Russian missile attack on an energy supply facility in Kyiv on Tuesday, Ukraine's prosecutor general’s office wrote .Kyiv mayor Vitali Klitschko wrote that two critical infrastructure facilities were damaged by Russian missiles and urged residents to save water and electricity."The provision of electricity and water supply services is partially limited in many houses on the left bank of the capital," he added. State of play: Kyiv residents lined up at grocery stores on Tuesday to stock up on water and other supplies in anticipation of further blackouts, the reported.The cities of Zhytomyr, west of Kyiv, and Dnipro were also experiencing water and electricity outages on Tuesday as a result of Russian strikes, reported.

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