Deadly Russian attacks on Ukraine kill at least four and hit Kyiv power supply

Ensuring energy supply is critical as the cold winter months approach. Russian strikes on the sector last year cut light and heating as temperatures plunged to as low as -20C.

Russian strikes killed at least four people in and around Ukraine's capital on Wednesday, authorities said, in a barrage of attacks which hit the city's energy infrastructure and cut power.

Heavy explosions rang out across Kyiv throughout a night of almost continuous air alerts warning people to take cover in bomb shelters from ballistic and cruise missiles backed up by drones.

Kyiv, home to some 3 million people, has faced several nights of sustained aerial barrages, as well as increasing daytime strikes in an escalation of the more than four-and-a-half-year-long war.

In Moscow, Russia's defence ministry said it had conducted "a massive missile and drone strike" on Kyiv and the surrounding region that targeted the power infrastructure.

Ukraine's main energy provider DTEK confirmed that the grid was damaged and supplies were affected.

"DTEK's power engineers managed to quickly restore electricity to 8,000 households," the company said in a statement, calling it "another difficult night for the capital."

Ensuring energy supply is critical as the cold winter months approach. Russian strikes on the sector last year cut light and heating as temperatures plunged to as low as -20C.

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