Attacks on several Ukrainian cities - railway and mobile networks knocked out

  

Russia's invasion of Ukraine 80 percent of Kyiv without water

 

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Anna Sjogren 

 

Published: Today 10.17 

 

Updated: Less than 3 hours ago 

 

NEWS Russian forces have carried out massive bomb attacks against several Ukrainian cities during Monday morning. 

 

Electricity, mobile networks and parts of the railway have been knocked out. 

 

- One area in Kyiv is without electricity and some areas are without water after Russian attacks, says mayor Vitaly Klitschko. 

 

The attacks were carried out at seven in the morning. 

 

According to the Ukrainian defense, Russia has fired over 50 rockets at Ukraine - of which 44 were shot down. 

 

In the capital Kyiv, more than ten explosions were heard according to Reuters, and in pictures on social media, columns of smoke can be seen rising into the sky. 

 

Electricity and mobile networks have been knocked out and 80 percent of the city lacks water, according to mayor Vitaly Klitschko. 350,000 households are without power. 

 

Residents are encouraged to store drinking water. 

 

- To be safe, we ask you to stock up on water from the nearest pump or shop, says Klitschko in local media. 

 

The subway has stopped working 

Reports of explosions also come from Kharkiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Vinnytsia, Poltava, Odessa, Kirovohrad and Zaporizhzhya. 

 

Critical infrastructure has been hit in several places. Parts of the country's railways have lost their electricity as a result of the attacks, according to the country's railway company. 

 

Kharkiv Mayor Ihor Teherov says parts of the subway stopped working after the power went out, AP reports 

 

In Zaporizhzhya, where a power plant was hit, authorities are warning of power outages after the attacks. 

Residential buildings met 

 

In Vinnytsia, a shot down rocket hit residential buildings, but no people were reported to have been injured. 

 

There are also reports of attacks on civilian targets. In the city of Nikopol, several buildings have been hit, including a 30-storey building and a 31-year-old woman has died in the attacks. 

 

A rocket fell in the Moldovan countryside, near the Ukrainian border after being shot down by Ukrainian air defenses. No one was injured, but several houses had windows damaged. 

 

This is the second time in a few weeks that Russia has carried out large-scale rocket attacks on Ukrainian cities. The earlier attack came after a bomb attack on the bridge connecting Russian-annexed Crimea with Russia.

 

Vitaly Klitschko, Mayor. Photo: Efrem Lukatsky / AP 

 

The images are said to show a rocket attack at the power plant outside Zaporizhzhya. Photo: https://twitter.com/odessatypical