Blackouts were reported across Ukraine as Moscow pummeled the power system in a continuing effort to deprive citizens of electricity and heat.
Thunderous explosions hit Kyiv and regions across Ukraine on Monday morning, leaving many without power or water as Russia launched a fresh barrage of airstrikes on critical infrastructure — its strongest and widest-spread attack since the opening salvo in a new aerial bombardment strategy on Oct. 10.
As air raid sirens wailed across Ukraine, explosions and power outages were also reported in the Kharkiv region in the northeast, in the Cherkasy, Poltava and Dnipropetrovsk regions in central Ukraine, and in Zaporizhzhia in the southeast. Several hydroelectric dams appeared to be specific targets on Monday.
Many Kyiv residents spent the early hours of Monday taking shelter in the capital’s subway stations or seeking other underground refuge. Moscow said it could “no longer guarantee the safety of civilian dry cargo ships participating in the Black Sea Grain Initiative,” referring to the U.N.-brokered deal to safeguard grain being exported from Ukraine’s Black Sea ports.
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