Critical infrastructure facility hit in Kyiv after explosions, power out in part of the city
Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said a critical infrastructure facility in the capital had been hit. Power went out in several districts of the city after the explosions.
Explosions were heard in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv on the evening of October 30, after which power went out in some districts of the city. Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said a critical infrastructure facility had been hit.
An air-raid alert over the threat of drones was declared in Kyiv at 21:42 Kyiv time and lifted at 21:51. Afterwards, power was reported to have gone out in part of the city following explosions. Klitschko announced that a critical infrastructure facility had been hit and said emergency services were heading to the scene.
At 22:21 a new air-raid alert over the threat of drones was declared in the capital and lifted at 22:35. No official information has yet been released on the type of facility hit, the damage caused or whether anyone was injured.
On the same day, the railway station and a passenger train in the Ukrainian city of Dnipro were struck for the second time in a row. Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said on October 30 that Ukrainian drones had attacked three Russian oil refineries and a gas chemical complex.
Since October 2022 Russia has repeatedly carried out missile and drone strikes on Ukraine's energy and other critical infrastructure; these strikes have caused interruptions to electricity and water supplies in many cities, including Kyiv.
