Russian forces continued their attacks on the Ukrainian capital city of Kyiv and other regions on Tuesday. They were likely targeting the country's infrastructure to damage energy distribution networks.
Russian missiles struck infrastructure and residential buildings from Monday night to Tuesday morning, leaving people without electricity and water. One person has been confirmed dead in the southern city of Mykolaiv.
Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko posted on social media Tuesday that Russian forces struck critical infrastructure in the capital. He said officials were rushing to assess the damage.
Several explosions also rocked Kyiv the previous day, killing four people. Ukraine said Russia was using Iranian-made drones, but Iran has denied supplying them.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Twitter that 30 percent of Ukraine's power stations have been destroyed since October 10, causing massive blackouts across the country. He went on to say, "No space left for negotiations with Putin's regime."
Russia's defense ministry said in a statement the attacks were carried out with air and sea-based weapons. It said the targets were the military command and energy infrastructure of Ukraine, as well as arsenals with ammunition and foreign-made weapons. It added that all assigned objects were hit.
The British defense ministry said on Tuesday that Russia has increased the pace of its attacks using missiles and drones across Ukraine. It said a likely objective of the attacks is to cause wide-spread damage to Ukraine's energy distribution network.
It added, "As Russia has suffered battlefield setbacks since August, it has highly likely gained a greater willingness to strike civilian infrastructure in addition to Ukrainian military targets."
US think-tank the Institute for the Study of War said in its assessment on Monday that the drone attack on residential infrastructure in Kyiv is "consistent with the broader pattern of Russian forces prioritizing creating psychological terror effects on Ukraine over achieving tangible battlefield effects."
Russian missiles struck infrastructure and residential buildings from Monday night to Tuesday morning, leaving people without electricity and water. One person has been confirmed dead in the southern city of Mykolaiv.
Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko posted on social media Tuesday that Russian forces struck critical infrastructure in the capital. He said officials were rushing to assess the damage.
Several explosions also rocked Kyiv the previous day, killing four people. Ukraine said Russia was using Iranian-made drones, but Iran has denied supplying them.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Twitter that 30 percent of Ukraine's power stations have been destroyed since October 10, causing massive blackouts across the country. He went on to say, "No space left for negotiations with Putin's regime."
Russia's defense ministry said in a statement the attacks were carried out with air and sea-based weapons. It said the targets were the military command and energy infrastructure of Ukraine, as well as arsenals with ammunition and foreign-made weapons. It added that all assigned objects were hit.
The British defense ministry said on Tuesday that Russia has increased the pace of its attacks using missiles and drones across Ukraine. It said a likely objective of the attacks is to cause wide-spread damage to Ukraine's energy distribution network.
It added, "As Russia has suffered battlefield setbacks since August, it has highly likely gained a greater willingness to strike civilian infrastructure in addition to Ukrainian military targets."
US think-tank the Institute for the Study of War said in its assessment on Monday that the drone attack on residential infrastructure in Kyiv is "consistent with the broader pattern of Russian forces prioritizing creating psychological terror effects on Ukraine over achieving tangible battlefield effects."
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Summary
Russian forces escalated attacks on Kyiv and other regions in Ukraine, targeting infrastructure. Explosions caused civilian casualties and left people without electricity and water, with one death reported in Mykolaiv. The capital's critical infrastructure was struck, and officials are assessing
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URL: https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20221018_40/
Date: Oct. 18, 2022
Created: 2022/10/19 07:29
Updated: 2025/12/09 12:35
Last Read: 2022/10/19 08:45