"Russian strikes that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said have "no military rationale" have crippled electricity, heating, and water infrastructure in parts of Ukraine, leaving around 1 million people in the dark amid freezing temperatures. Borys Filatov, mayor of the city of Dnipro, said on January 8 that the overnight strikes that hit his and other cities across the country have created "an emergency situation on a national scale.""
"Russia has repeatedly claimed it does not target civilian infrastructure despite mounting evidence to the contrary. "There is absolutely no military rationale in such strikes on the energy sector and infrastructure that leave people without electricity and heating in wintertime," Zelenskyy said in a post on social media. "This is Russia's war specifically against our people, against life in Ukraine -- an attempt to break Ukraine.""
"Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko warned that deteriorating weather conditions would further strain households in the affected regions. "Ukraine's energy system is under daily attack from the enemy, and energy workers are operating under extremely challenging conditions to provide people with electricity and heat," she wrote on Telegram. The head of the Zaporizhzhya region's military administration, Ivan Fedorov, said that late evening on January 7, the region completely lost power, adding it was the region's first full blackout in years."
Russian strikes have damaged electricity, heating and water infrastructure across parts of Ukraine, leaving about one million people without power amid freezing temperatures. Dnipro's mayor described the overnight strikes as creating an "emergency situation on a national scale." Ukraine's Energy Ministry reported roughly 800,000 consumers in Dnipropetrovsk region without power with temperatures forecast to drop to minus 11°C. Officials noted that Zaporizhzhya experienced a complete regional blackout on January 7, the first in years. Officials characterized the attacks as lacking military rationale and said energy workers are operating under extremely challenging conditions to restore services.
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