that these targets of power stations, heating stations, are legitimate targets. they have been attacking those for facilities for weeks now. yesterday, the authorities here said russia had fired 76 missiles and most of them, 60 of them, were intercepted by the country s air defence. but more than a dozen hit targets across the country and we saw emergency blackouts being introduced. and i think what we re hearing from president zelensky, from top officials, is that these attacks are unlikely to stop. president zelensky, last night, said, russia still had missiles to carry out heavy strikes targeting the country s electricity in production. i think the authorities are saying that this is how russia is responding to military setbacks on the battlefield, by attacking civilian sides, civilian infrastructure, and they say that that this is a strategy that perhaps the goal here is to try to force the ukrainians to surrender
yesterday? i think this has been a strategy for weeks now. the authorities in russia say that these targets, power stations, authorities in russia say that these targets, powerstations, heating stations are legitimate targets, and they have been attacking those facilities for weeks now. and yesterday, the authorities hey said that russia had fired 76 meal 76 missiles, and 60 of them were intercepted by the country s air defence. more than a dozen hit targets across the country. we saw emergency blackouts being introduced. what we re hearing from president of zelensky and top officials is that these attacks are unlikely to stop. russia still had missiles to carry out heavy strikes targeting the country s electricity infrastructure and i think the authorities are saying that this is how russia is responding to military
but one person told me that look, yes, we don t have electricity, but perhaps this is the price to be paid to keep the russians away. and have we heard anything from moscow following the strikes yesterday? i think this has been the strategy for weeks, now. and the authorities in russia say that these targets of power stations, heating stations, are legitimate targets. they have been attacking those for facilities for weeks now. yesterday, the authorities here said russia had fired 76 missiles and most of them, 60 of them, were intercepted by the country s air defence. but more than a dozen hit targets across the country and we saw emergency blackouts being introduced. and i think what we re hearing from president zelensky, from top officials, is that these attacks are unlikely to stop. president zelensky, last night, said, russia still had missiles to carry out
russia s suffered a string of defeats on the ground in ukraine recently, with only minor advances in the east. following a wave of airstrikes on friday, emergency crews in ukraine have been struggling to restore power and water supplies that left millions without light, heat or water. russia fired more than 70 missiles at ukraine on friday in one of its biggest attacks since the start of the war, knocking out power in the second biggest city, kharkiv, and forcing the government to bring in emergency blackouts nationwide. speaking a short while ago, ukrainian president zelensky said that the country had managed to restore power to almost 6 million people in the last 2a hours. translation: the main thing today is the energy sector. through the day we have managed to bring electricity back to almost 6 million ukrainians.
we saw that russia fired 76 missiles today, according to the ukrainians 60 of those missiles were shot down by the country s air defence, but nine power stations were hit, and we now have emergency blackouts across the country. here in kyiv, parts of the country. here in kyiv, parts of the city are without water and heating, electricity. the city of kharkiv, the second largest city, is completely without power. and as you can see, it is raining and snowing, it is dark, it is cold so obviously it is a very difficult situation for millions of people across the country. the ukrainians have been saying that russia is weapon icing winter with these attacks on the country s essential infrastructure, and the authorities have been telling people that winter will be extremely difficult because they say these attacks are unlikely to stop. they say this is how russia is responding to military setbacks