As a result of successive missile attacks by Russia on Ukraine, 6 people have been killed, while as a result of attacks on power stations, power supply has been suspended in most areas of the country, including the capital Kyiv and Odessa.
According to foreign media, in the last one week, Russian missile attacks have been targeting power stations, including important Ukrainian facilities.
On the other hand, an apartment block has been destroyed in the city of Wishard, near the Ukrainian capital, where efforts are being made to rescue the victims by firefighters and rescue volunteers.
According to the Ukrainian National Police, 6 people have been killed and more than 36 people have been injured as a result of the Russian attacks on different cities of Ukraine today.
According to the National Police, 16 important installations and residential buildings were severely damaged as a result of the attacks, while many areas of Ukraine were plunged into darkness.
The Ukrainian Air Force says 50 of 70 cruise missiles fired by Russia were destroyed.
According to foreign media, Ukraine’s deputy prime minister says that as a result of the Russian attacks, more than half of the regions around Moldova have lost electricity, while three Ukrainian power stations have been cut off from the national electricity network.
The Ukrainian authorities say that the whole country has been attacked by Russia, the Deputy Health Minister of Ukraine says that the whole country is under attack today and we have seen attacks on the capital Kyiv and other cities before, have done.
He said that the series of attacks has not stopped yet, so the damage caused cannot be estimated, but the situation will be clear in a few hours.
The Ukrainian Deputy Health Minister said that so far all the injured have been taken to the hospital, while at the same time special emergency teams have been formed to ensure the transfer of the injured to other hospitals in the city of Zaporizhia.
He said that more than 1000 medical centers have been damaged as a result of Russian attacks in the country while 143 medical centers have been completely destroyed.
World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Director for Europe, Dr. Hans Kluge, has warned that Russian attacks on Ukrainian facilities could lead to humanitarian tragedy in Ukraine.
He said that without electricity, hospitals cannot continue their work, maternity units need incubators, vaccine depots need refrigerators and surgery also requires electricity.
He said that we are seeing that 50 percent of the civilian energy installations have been destroyed, now the situation in Ukraine can take a serious form after the change of climate and the temperature drop of minus 20 degrees.
