(1st UPDATE) Russia has been striking Ukrainian energy network far from the frontlines of the nine-month old war with barrages of long-range missiles around once a week since early October.
KYIV, Ukraine – Millions of Ukrainians were still without heat or power on Friday after the most devastating Russian air strikes on its energy grid so far, with residents warned to brace for further attacks and stock up on water, food and warm clothing.
Nearly 48 hours after the strikes, national grid operator Ukrenergo said the power system was still 30% short of meeting demand. “Millions are being plunged into extreme hardship and appalling conditions of life by these strikes,” U.N. human rights chief Volker Turk said in a statement. “Rather, that they reflect a criminal intent to inflict widespread terror, large-scale humanitarian suffering and death, particularly on the vulnerable, so as to coerce the Ukrainian people into submission.”
More than 15,000 people have gone missing during the war, an official in the Kyiv office of the Hague-based International Commission on Missing Persons said.
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