Ukrainians suffer power outages, water shortages as Russia strikes civil infrastructure

Ukrainians suffered power outages and water supply shortages after a barrage of Russian missiles struck critical energy and water infrastructure in the capital city of Kyiv and other regions.

Vitali Klitschko, Kyiv mayor said that 40 per cent of the city's residents are facing water shortage while power supply has been cut to 2,70,000 homes in the capital city alone.

Overnight Russian shelling struck Ukraine's southeastern city of Nikopol and nearby Marhanets, Dnipropetrovsk Governor Valentyn Reznichenko said.

In Marhanets, damage to a power line and loss of power to a water pumping station temporarily left some 40,000 families without running water and 10,000 families without electricity, according to Reznichenko. Power and water were restored by morning.