Millions without power, Russia an Energy Terrorist

About four million people across Ukraine are being affected by rolling power cuts caused by Russia’s air strikes on the country’s electricity infrastructure, according to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

“As of this time, many cities and regions of our country use stabilization blackout schedules…” he said in his evening address.

“We are doing everything so that the state has the opportunity to reduce such blackouts.”

In Ukraine’s capital, residents are trying to cope with the fallout from recent Russian attacks targeting critical infrastructure.

Regular but unscheduled and hours-long blackouts have upended lives, and as winter approaches, difficulties are rising.
About 450,000 residential properties in Kyiv are currently without electricity following Russian strikes on Ukrainian energy infrastructure, the city’s mayor Vitali Klitschko has said.

“I appeal to all residents of the capital: Save electricity as much as possible because the situation remains difficult,” Klitschko said in a Telegram post.

Russia has repeatedly carried out missile and drone attacks on Ukrainian power facilities, particularly in recent weeks.

Ukraine’s state-owned energy grid operator Ukrenergo reported on Friday that emergency blackouts would be taking place across Kyiv.
Meanwhile, The G7 group of industrialised nations has agreed to establish a “coordination mechanism” to help Ukraine repair, restore and defend its critical energy and water infrastructure following a two-day meeting in Germany.

“We will stand firmly with Ukraine for as long as it takes,” the G7 said in a statement after the group’s foreign ministers held 48 hours of talks in the German town of Muenster.

The G7 – consisting of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States – added it was committed to helping Ukraine over the upcoming winter.

The group also warned any use of chemical, biological, or nuclear weapons by Russia would meet severe consequences – accusing it of ” unacceptable” rhetoric over the issue – and reiterated earlier calls for Moscow to end the war.