There are long queues in it in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv. They stand in line for the precious water. This morning there were several explosions in the city. At a public water well in a residential area of Kyiv, more than 200 people stood in a queue with buckets, plastic bottles and even barrels, writes Reuters. – It’s not not having water that worries me, it’s that people are dying. That is the problem, resident Oleksii Lapii told Reuters. QUEUES: The citizens of Kyiv had to be patient to get the bottles they had brought with them filled. Photo: GLEB GARANICH / Reuters According to mayor Vitali Klitschko, several energy facilities were hit, which led to power and water being lost in several parts of the city. In his latest update, he writes that around 270,000 households are without electricity and 40 percent of the city’s residents are without water supply. – Nothing scares us At a restaurant in the city, they have managed to adapt to the lack of water. General manager Anastasiia Barsukova tells Reuters that they have managed to get the restaurant back to normal operation, despite the lack of water. NORMAL: Shortly after the restaurant lost water, it was back in normal operation, says the general manager. Photo: Reuters – We have ordered all the water we could nearby, reconnected the coffee machine, we are serving food in takeaway dishes and working for delivery. So we are ready for anything. Nothing will scare us, she says. Just hours after the explosions, local people could stop by for a cup of coffee, and a snack in hand, she says. Says it’s a Russian attack From the Ukrainian president’s office they say that the explosions are due to Russian attacks. – Russian terrorists have again launched a massive attack against electricity installations in a number of Ukrainian regions, says Kyrylo Tymoshenko, deputy head of President Volodymyr Zelenskyi’s office, according to AFP. The Ukrainian authorities state that more than 50 rockets have been fired from Russia. Several Ukrainian cities, including Zaporizhzhya, Dnipro and Kharkiv, are said to have been hit by explosions today. The Russian authorities wrote on Monday that Russia has attacked Ukrainian infrastructure linked to both military targets and energy facilities. – Russian forces continued the attacks with long-range weapons with high precision fired from land and at sea against military and energy-related infrastructure in Ukraine, says a statement from the Russian Ministry of Defense. – The goals were achieved. All the targets were met, it says. Must save electricity Immediately after the explosions, 350,000 homes were left without electricity. In an update at 16.27, mayor Vitali Klitschko writes that there are still 270,000 homes that have not had their electricity restored. DARK: This is what large parts of Kyiv look like this evening. 270,000 homes are without electricity. Photo: SERGEI SUPINSKY / AFP According to him, the situation will stabilize during the evening. But even if the power returns, the mayor warns that they will turn off the power for periods. The situation is complicated, writes Klitschko. The mayor states that they will implement measures to save electricity. Among other things, the mayor will reduce public transport to reduce electricity consumption.
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