The area lost power and water again on Monday due to Russian shelling. “The situation yesterday afternoon is repeating itself again,” Kharkiv Mayor Ihor Terekhov said on Telegram. “Due to the shelling, critical infrastructure was put out of service, resulting in the interruption of electricity and water supply in Kharkiv.” Terekhov said earlier Monday that 80 percent of electricity and water supplies had been restored after Sunday’s outage. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said the Russian Federation’s goal is to “deprive people of light and heat.” Total blackout in Kharkiv and Donetsk regions, partial in Zaporizhzhia, Dnipropetrovsk and Sumy regions. RF terrorists remain terrorists and attack critical infrastructure. Without military installations, the goal is to deprive people of light and heat. #RussiaIsAtterroristKrate — Volodymyr Zelensky (@ZelenskyyUa) September 11, 2022 “Even through impenetrable darkness, Ukraine and the civilized world clearly see these terrorist acts,” Zelensky said on Telegram. “Deliberate and cynical missile attacks on critical civilian infrastructure. No military installations.” An employee working at an electricity and heating plant in Kharkiv was killed in the strike on Sunday, according to the head of the Civil Military Administration of the Kharkiv Region, Oleh Synehubov. “As a result of the strikes on the critical infrastructure of Kharkiv, one man – an employee of the enterprise – died. Rescuers are continuing the search,” Synehubov said on Telegram. Firefighters of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine put out a fire after a Russian rocket attack on a power station in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Sunday, Sept. 11, 2022. Kharkiv and Donetsk regions have been completely shut down by the missile attack. Kostiantyn Liberov/AP Photo In the city of Izium, more than 80% of the city’s infrastructure has been destroyed, according to city council member Maksym Strelnikov. This includes high-rise buildings and private homes, businesses, government institutions, educational institutions and industrial facilities, Strelnikov said at a briefing on Monday. “The central heating system, which most residents used in the winter, has been damaged. So these would be the challenges that the local authorities have to overcome,” Strelnikov said. He also said at least 1,000 civilians had died, mostly due to a lack of medical care, after Russian forces destroyed health care facilities. “The occupiers have looted all the pharmacies, so there was no access to medicine,” he said. “This is the most urgent matter at present, along with the hospitalization of the residents of Izium, who require urgent medical attention.”
