Authorities have been cautioning for days that Russia was preparing to launch an all-out assault on the power grid to close out 2022, plummeting the country into darkness for the beginning of the New Year. 9News
As the war looks set to stretch into another year, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Thursday that Moscow will not negotiate with Kyiv on the basis of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's proposed 10-point peace formula, which includes Russia's withdrawal from all Ukrainian territory, a path to nuclear safety, food security, a special tribunal for alleged Russian war crimes, and a final peace treaty with Moscow.
Russia's onslaught on Thursday was aimed at the country's electrical infrastructure, and knocked out power in several regions. Engineering crews were racing to restore services as the New Year's holiday approaches this weekend. Forty percent of Kyiv residents were without power, mayor Vitali Klitschko said, adding that this was due to security measures taken by power engineers during the air raid alarm and that they were now working to resume services.At least three people, including a 14-year-old, were injured and two people pulled from a damaged home on Thursday, Klitschko said earlier.
"They are introduced due to the threat of missile attacks to avoid significant damage if the enemy manages to hit energy facilities," DTEK, a utility company, said in a statement.
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