WAR IN EUROPE: Russian missile strikes knock out power across Ukraine

The strikes knocked out power for about 7 million households in 17 of Ukraine’s 24 regions, with 15 energy facilities damaged, Kyrylo Tymoshenko, the Ukrainian president’s deputy chief of staff, said in televised comments. At least one person was killed in Kyiv as residential buildings were struck, with the damage cutting power to roughly half of the capital’s residents, Mayor Vitali Klitschko said on Telegram.

“It is clear what the enemy wants, but he won’t get it,” Zelensky said in a short video address to people. “Strikes have cut off energy in many cities of our country, we are working to restore it. We will restore everything and we will survive everything.” “The United States and our allies and partners will continue to provide Ukraine with what it needs to defend itself, including air defence systems,” National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said in a statement. “We will stand with Ukraine for as long as it takes.”

Areas of northern and central Ukraine were hit the hardest, Tymoshenko said. In Kryvyi Rih in central Ukraine, rescue workers were trying to free 500 miners trapped in four mines, he said. Kharkiv’s governor said there was no electricity across the northern region, with air sirens still active in Kharkiv city.

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