Ukraine in darkness, people in high-rise buildings preparing food on fire, children’s intensive care units without power
Vitaliy Klitschko, the mayor of Kyiv, said in his Telegram post that “70% of the capital still remains without electricity.” He also mentioned that he was not ruling out a worst-case scenario where the city has to survive without electricity, heat, or water. More than 40% of Ukraine’s energy facilities have been damaged by Russian missile strikes in recent weeks and it is anticipated that Ukraine will suffer without electricity until March 2023.
The Ukraine Air Force Command reported that 70 cruise missiles and five drones were launched targeting critical infrastructure on November 23. The Air Defense System shot down 51 of the Russian cruise missiles and all five drones. Since early October, Russia launched missiles with the motive of destroying Ukraine’s power grid.
The Ukrainian General staff said in a written statement that the Russian forces struck residential buildings, thermal power plants, and substations in Kyiv, Vinnytsia, Lviv, and Zaporizhia oblasts, causing widespread disruptions to energy, heating, and water supplies. After the latest wave of missile strikes by Russia, Ukrainian officials reported that three nuclear power plants on the territory held by Ukraine have been switched off.
Russian missiles in Ukraine leave children’s intensive care units without power “The lung ventilation system, without which children cannot breathe, is turned off. The source of radiant heat, without which they freeze, is switched off.”
A report from ANews says “Ukrainians are most likely to live with blackouts at least until the end of March, the head of a major energy provider said on Monday, as the government started free evacuations for people in Kherson to other regions.”
Russian missiles in Ukraine leave children's intensive care units without power
"The lung ventilation system, without which children cannot breathe, is turned off. The source of radiant heat, without which they freeze, is switched off."
📹 – @CurrentTimeTv pic.twitter.com/gK857aNM2r
— Anton Gerashchenko (@Gerashchenko_en) November 24, 2022
No light. So the residents of the high-rise building are preparing food on the fire in #Dnipro
No light. So the residents of the high-rise building are preparing food on the fire in #Dnipro #ukraine #Blackout pic.twitter.com/TFtyeD1YZN
— Nastya Verba 🇺🇦 (@verba_nastya) November 25, 2022
No light. So the residents of the high-rise building are preparing food on the fire in #Dnipro #ukraine #Blackout pic.twitter.com/TFtyeD1YZN
— Nastya Verba 🇺🇦 (@verba_nastya) November 25, 2022
The latest satellite images show how Ukraine has been plunged into complete darkness after Putin’s warlike missile strike targeting power stations in the country. The strikes on Wednesday left three power plants disconnected from the national grid and went into full blackout mode.
A series of such “brutal” attacks since early October targeting critical infrastructure forced millions of people to go without light, water, or heating for days, just at the onset of winter.
On February 24, right before Vladimir Putin waged war, the major population centers including Kyiv, Lviv, Odesa, Dnipro, Zaporizhzhia, and Kharkiv of Ukraine can be seen as brightly lit and visible from space along with its European neighbors.
The latest satellite images taken on November 24 show the same cities only dimly lit. Right above the Black Sea, Ukraine emerges as a dark vacant space beside its bustling and shining neighboring countries.
The capital city, Kyiv, which is home to at least three million people, stands out but is far dimmer since the beginning of the year. The eastern region of Ukraine, where the war has been intense, appears to be in a total blackout- without any lights. Dnipro, Zaporizhzhia, and Kharkiv are almost imperceptible.
This image, in contrast to the Russian capital, Moscow in the northeast, can be seen dazzling brighter than all other cities in the region. Other areas of Minsk and Homyel in Belarus, and Warsaw in Poland also shine in the satellite image when compared to Kyiv and other major cities in Ukraine.
Olga Tokariuk Journalist in Ukraine says, “I want you all to understand that blackouts in Ukraine mean that not only electricity is cut off. Very often, together with electricity, water supply, heating, and internet connection are disrupted. Ukrainian people are willing to endure the hardship, but the world cannot just watch.”