Irish Examiner: Situation ‘critical’ as Russian airstrikes target energy infrastructure across Ukraine 

Russian airstrikes targeting energy facilities have rocked Ukraine, causing power blackouts. 

A senior official warned that the situation was “critical” and urged Ukrainians to “hang in there” as neighbourhoods went dark. 

The aerial assault, which resulted in at least one death in a residential building in the capital, Kyiv, followed days of euphoria in Ukraine sparked by one of its biggest military successes in the nearly nine-month war — the retaking last week of the southern city of Kherson.  

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Waves of Russian airstrikes reported in cities across Ukraine — AP
 

Blackout across Ukraine after Russian missiles hits country’s energy infrastructure — MINT
 

Russia destroys 2 key energy facilities in 2 regions of Ukraine – Ukrenergo — Ukrainian News
 

Zelensky says Ukraine suffering widespread power outages — TASS