Russia hits Ukraine’s energy infrastructure again: explosions heard in Kyiv, air defence is working in Brovary

UKRAINSKA PRAVDA -- TUESDAY, 18 OCTOBER 2022, 09:18  Russian forces have carried out another attack on energy infrastructure in Kyiv; at the same time, air defence units are working in Brovary, near the capital.  Source: journalists of Ukrainska Pravda; Kyrylo Tymoshenko, Deputy Head of the President's Office; Vitalii Klychko, the Mayor of Kyiv; Ihor Sapozhko, Mayor of Brovary

Details: Residents of Kyiv heard an explosion on the left bank of the city and a rumble in the skies at about 9:00. 

Some neighbourhoods are left without electricity. Quote from Tymoshenko: "Preliminary reports indicate that there were three strikes on an energy infrastructure facility on the left bank of the city." Klychko's quote: "There were explosions again in Kyiv in the morning.

In the Desnianskyi District. A critical infrastructure facility [was hit]. All services are heading to the scene.

More detailed information [will be provided] later."

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Quote from Sapozhko: "Explosions can be heard in Brovary. Air defence units are working."

Details: Russian troops once again attacked the energy infrastructure of Ukraine on the morning of 18 October. There are strikes in Dnipro, Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhia, Zhytomyr. Some of those cities have been left without electricity or they experience shortages of electricity supply.

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