"Kyiv residents should be prepared to leave the city if there is a total loss of power, mayor Vitaliy Klitschko has said. In recent weeks, millions of Ukrainians have intermittently been left without electricity and water as Russian air strikes target vital infrastructure. Rolling power cuts are also in place to avoid overloads and allow for repairs. Some 40% of Ukraine's energy system has been damaged or destroyed by Russian attacks on power plants and lines. President Volodymyr Zelensky has warned that Russia could be ‘concentrating forces and means for a possible repetition of mass attacks on our infrastructure, energy in the first instance’. The Geneva Conventions, which outline humanitarian standards for treatment in war, state that attacks should not be carried out against ‘civilian objects’. Speaking on Ukrainian television, Mayor Klitschko branded Russia's targeting of infrastructure as ‘terrorism’ and ‘genocide’. ...”
Kyiv residents fill up water bottles after their homes were left without water due to Russian missile strikes.
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