'Massive' Russian strikes hit Ukraine energy grid - BBC News

Russia has launched a "new massive strike" targeting Ukraine's energy grid, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said.

He added that the attacks were on a "very wide" scale, hitting regions in Ukraine's west, centre, south and east.

In an evening address, Mr Zelensky said power had been restored in multiple areas where it had been cut off.

Officials had said earlier on Saturday that nearly 1.5 million households had been left without electricity.

In his video, Mr Zelensky added that most of the Russian missiles and drones were being shot down, and such strikes would not stop a Ukrainian military advance.

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[dabblerdeluxe]

This is what happened in syria, Electric grid was targeted, water was targeted and food warehoues/silos which caused a famine. This is the scorchered earth phase

[prashkd]

I feel for the engineers and technicians who are working at Ukrain's power plants knowing well they are now the prime target of Russian missiles.

[titteryenot]

Hugo’s just thanking his lucky stars the missiles aren’t flying over *his* head again.

[magicmystery]

This world needs peace and only peace.

[VS-igut]

I thought Russia had run out of missiles back in March.

[BuckBlaziken]

The Ukrainian technicians and engineers must be wildly overwork and exhausted rn. My heart and prayers go out to them, the Ukrainian soldiers, and the Ukrainian families who are suffering because of this meaningless aggression and war.

[Dicer]

Does anyone remember how the USA invaded Iraq? I do because I was part of it. The first thing they did was to destroy all of the power grid and other infrastructure elements. ...but now after the US pumps weapons into a foreign nation it's called "terrorism"??
Does anybody else see a level of inconsistency that can only be described as deliberate?

[sharksk]

So conveniently the reporter ignored the fact the polish army & us airforce getting ready near

[shahidanusrat]

Fully support love and respect Ukraine sovereignty and territorial integrity from Pakistan 🙂🇵🇰🇺🇦☺️🥰

[myhoose]

Omg! that is terrible its like Day One of Iraq and can they do this after only 8 months!

[meso]

Bye bye Ukraine.. we gave you 8 years to implement a diplomatic solution.. you haven’t listened

[onehitpick]

I would be really careful of a trap. Pulling out all but the new mobilized sounds like they're going to use them as bait, unfortunately for those.

[des_smith]

General's and majors always seem so unhappy
Unless they've got a war

[ererc]

Wow! That is quite remarkable! Keep it up!!

[austurian]

Regular peoples are the ones suffering in this war while the politicians talked nonsense.

[diclo]

So elegant! Hit the facilities that hurt civilians just because you suck at war ❤️ Russia is really creating a nice image of itself!

[annamariaspellani]

Bitcoin is the future investing in it now is the wisest thing to do now especially with the current rise

[ehisgeorge]

Hitting electrical and communication grids are necessary in any war! Why are people taking Ukraine conflicts as an exceptional issue!

[babup]

The UN should intervene in this matter, this is a crime against humanity.

[coinhawkseahawk]

Instead of sending so much $ and military arms to to Ukraine why not encourage them to negotiate peace