accused Ukraine Wladimir Putinto attack water facilities and a thermal power plant in Kharkiv after Ukrainian forces forced Russia to abandon its main bastion in the region in a counter-offensive over the weekend.
What happened: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Russia attacked civilian infrastructure in Kharkiv, causing mass power outages in Kharkiv and Donetsk regions and partial power outages in Zaporizhia, Dnepropetrovsk and Sumy regions.
See also: Setback for Russia: Putin forces crumble as Ukraine retakes territory in Kharkiv region
“No military facilities, the goal is to deprive people of light and heat,” Zelenskyy wrote on Twitter late Sunday.
A total blackout in the Kharkiv and Donetsk regions, a partial one in the Zaporizhia, Dnepropetrovsk and Sumy regions. RF terrorists remain terrorists and attack critical infrastructure. No military facilities, the aim is to deprive people of light and heat. #RussiaIsATerroristState
— Володимир Зеленський (@ZelenskyyUa) 09/11/2022
Zelenskyj’s advisor Mykhailo Podolyak said Kharkiv’s CHPP-5 power plant – one of the largest in Ukraine – was hit. “A cowardly ‘answer’ for fleeing your own army from the battlefield,” he said on Twitter.
Deliberate attacks on critical civilian infrastructure (especially the largest CHPP-5 in Kharkiv) – a manifestation of RF terrorism and the desire to massively leave civilians without power and heat. A cowardly “answer” to fleeing your own army from the battlefield.
— Михайло Подоляк (@Podolyak_M) 09/11/2022
Meanwhile, the US representative in Ukraine, Brigitte BrinkDenouncing the strikes, said: “Russia’s apparent response to Ukraine’s liberation of eastern towns and villages: sending in missiles to try to destroy critical civilian infrastructure.”
Russia’s apparent response to Ukraine’s liberation of towns and villages in the east: Send missiles to…
