UPDATE 1-Ukraine curbs power supplies after attack on energy facilities, Kyiv says
Six children were among the 13 injured in the strikes on Zaporizhzhia, which also damaged five apartment buildings and infrastructure facilities, its governor, Ivan Fedorov, said. "People have acute reactions to stress, wounds, concussions, bruises and fractures," Fedorov added.
Ukraine restricted power supply nationwide after Russia's attack damaged energy infrastructure and injured 13 people in the southeastern city of Zaporizhzhia, officials said on Thursday.
Russian forces have pummelled the energy sector ahead of the heating season, temporarily cutting power to hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians. Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko said Russia was attempting to cause a "humanitarian catastrophe in Ukraine to coincide with winter" after another massive aerial attack last week.
"The strike caused new damage to the energy infrastructure," Energy Minister Svitlana Hrynchuk said on the Telegram messaging app on Thursday. Six children were among the 13 injured in the strikes on Zaporizhzhia, which also damaged five apartment buildings and infrastructure facilities, its governor, Ivan Fedorov, said.
"People have acute reactions to stress, wounds, concussions, bruises and fractures," Fedorov added. State-owned railway Ukrzaliznytsia reported power cuts in the southern region of Mykolaiv that cause delays to train services and prompted it to use reserve locomotives.
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