A Russian warship able to firing cruise missiles had lately deployed to the Black Sea with Kalibr-type missiles on board, in line with the Ukrainian military.
Natalia Gumeniuk, spokeswoman for the Ukrainian army, stated it signifies preparations are underway for Russia to launch a contemporary wave of missiles assaults on its power grid.
“It is fairly seemingly that the start of the week might be marked by such an assault,” she added.
With temperatures dipping under zero, repeated Russian assaults have left Ukraine’s power grid teetering on the point of collapse, and disrupted energy and water provides to hundreds of thousands over latest weeks.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky warned “the upcoming week might be as arduous because the one which handed” as Russia prepares to launch new strikes.
Within the capital, Kyiv, Mayor Vitali Klitschko urged individuals to stockpile meals, garments and different important gadgets amid the opportunity of the blackouts getting worse.
He stated that a part of the town’s three million individuals may also must be evacuated to locations the place important providers can be much less liable to shutdowns brought on by missile assaults.
