15 people were killed in Russian bombing of Kherson. Half of Kyiv's population is deprived of electricity
Russian bombing of the city of Kherson in southern Ukraine killed 15 civilians on Friday, according to an official in the city, while about half of Kyiv's population is still deprived of electricity in light of low temperatures.
"Today, 15 residents of the city of Kherson were killed and 35 others, including a child, were wounded as a result of enemy shelling," Galina Logova said on social media.
It added that "several private homes and high-rise buildings were damaged" by the attacks.
And the governor of the Kherson region announced earlier Friday the evacuation of patients from the city's hospitals.
"Because of the incessant Russian bombing, we are evacuating patients from Kherson hospitals," Yaroslav Yanushevich said on social media.
Meanwhile, about half of the population of the capital, Kyiv, was still deprived of vital electricity during the cold winter, after two days of Russian strikes targeting energy infrastructure.
Western countries allied to Kiev consider that Moscow's strategy of bombing energy facilities since October, against the background of its military setbacks, amounts to "war crimes," and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky described it as a "crime against humanity."
"We have to endure this winter - a winter that everyone will remember," he said on Facebook Friday.
After the intense strikes that took place on Wednesday in Ukraine, engineers continue to repair the damage, while millions of people were cut off from electricity on Thursday, especially in the capital.
"A third of the homes in Kyiv now have heating," said Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko. "Experts continue to work to restore (electricity) to the capital."
"During the day, energy companies intend to alternately deliver electricity to all consumers," he added.
On Friday, temperatures touched zero degrees Celsius, with rain.
In her apartment, which had no gas, Albina Belogub explains that her children now sleep in one room to keep them warm.
"This is our life. One jacket over another, then a third. We live like this now," she says.
The Chairman of the Board of Directors of the National Electricity Company, "Ukranergo", Volodymyr Kudritsky, said that the Ukrainian energy system has "now passed the most difficult stage" after the attack that targeted it.
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