Ukraine is facing a serious power shortage crisis, and Kyiv is shrouded in darkness. On November 23, many places in Ukraine once again sounded air strikes. After the attack, Ukraine suffered severe power shortages and power outages, and 11 administrative regions even had power ou

Ukraine is facing a severe power shortage crisis, and Kiev is shrouded in darkness.

air strikes caused power shortage in Ukraine

Local time, Ukrainian President Zelensky posted a message on social media that Russia launched 67 missiles on the 23rd to Ukraine, destroying Ukraine's infrastructure and causing power shortage in Ukraine. At one time, 11 administrative regions were out of power. Russian media reports also confirmed the news of the Russian air strike. According to the Russian Ministry of Defense on the 23rd, the Russian army attacked the Ukrainian army in multiple directions of the eastern front and destroyed military equipment.

Ukrainian Ministry of Energy said on the 23rd that all nuclear power plants in Ukraine, as well as most thermal power plants and hydropower plants, have been suspended, and most power users are in a power outage. Given the extent of damage, it may take a long time to restore power supply, and both heating and water supply are affected.

Currently, various places in Wu are undergoing emergency repairs for power supply system , but due to the different degrees of damage, the power supply recovery time in different regions will be different. By midnight on the 23rd, the situation of in Kiev City was very difficult. After the first round of emergency repairs, only 20% of the civil power supply in Kiev Prefecture was restored. The water supply and heating supply in Odessa Prefecture had been fully restored, but only 10% of the households had connected to the civil power.

Russian, U.S. representatives from the U.S. at Security Council tit-for-tat

According to the Russian Satellite News Agency and the United Nations website, on the 23rd, at the request of the United States and Albanian , the UN Security Council held an interim meeting on the situation in Ukraine. Di Carlo, the United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peace Construction, informed of the relevant situation.

Dikalo expressed concern about the latest Russian missile and drone attacks in Ukraine, saying that these attacks have scared residents of cities such as Kiev, Odessa, Lviv , Mikolayev, Kharkov and Zaporoze . As winter approaches, the attacks have raised concerns again, as this winter will be disastrous for millions of Ukrainians, all regions affected. They will face months of cold weather, no heating, no electricity, no water, and no other basic facilities. She said the United Nations strongly condemned the attacks and demanded that Russia immediately cease the operations. She also called for accountability for all violations of the war law and reiterated that international humanitarian law prohibits attacks on civilians and civilian infrastructure. During the

meeting, representatives from Russia, Ukraine and the United States faced tit-for-tat. Ukraine urges the Security Council to take action against Russia. Zelensky said through a video link with the UN Security Council that today, we have been attacked by about 70 missiles, all targeting our energy infrastructure. Hospitals, schools, transportation, and residential areas have all been affected. This is Russia's terrorism plan. He said, I reiterate the invitation of the United Nations Group of Experts on behalf of Ukraine to study the status of Ukraine's critical infrastructure. Zelensky urged the UN Security Council to take action against Russia.

The United States says Russia will weaponize winter. The United States Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Greenfield, said in a speech that Russia is weaponizing winter to bring great pain to the Ukrainian people and wants to force Ukraine to surrender with the cold. Russia claims to prevent the allegations against the United States and Ukraine from being a proxy war in Europe and the United States. Russia's permanent representative to the United Nations Nebianjia said that the Russian army's goal is to prevent the flow of weapons from the United States and its allies into Kiev and to stop NATO "a proxy war against Russia." He also said that the target of Moscow is not civilian housing.He claimed that it is regrettable that damage to residential areas is often caused by the Ukrainian air defense system deployed in densely populated areas. He also told the Western representatives present: "Your consequentially sent weapons to Ukraine caused these people to die."

Kiev was shrouded in darkness.

Ukraine's electricity consumption faces serious difficulties

This winter, Ukraine's electricity consumption is difficult to be optimistic. The Kiev City Military Administrative Agency announced that power supply for 70% of Kiev's residential buildings was interrupted and heating recovery work was still continuing. Earlier, Kovarenko, general manager of Ukrainian energy company YASNO DTEK, said that Ukraine will support it until at least the end of next March in the event of regular power outages. Kiev Mayor Klicchiko said on the 24th that some citizens may move out of Kiev to the suburbs. Klicchiko also called on citizens to prepare for the "bad situation" and stockpile some technical water and drinking water, food and cold-proof clothing. According to the Russian Satellite News Agency on the 25th, Zelensky called on Western countries to provide Ukraine with the diesel fuel needed for emergency generators and provide additional natural gas to make up for the domestic power shortage of Ukraine. The interview with Zelensky published in the British Financial Times reads that the interview was conducted in the presidential office building where there was no water.

This media and experts believe that such air strikes by Russia on Ukraine may not stop this winter. According to Russian News Agency , French President Macron 23 posted on Twitter that Russia should be punished for cracking down on infrastructure in Ukraine. He wrote: "The crackdown on civil infrastructure is a war crime and cannot be impunned." According to TASS , Russian President's press secretary Peskov responded at a press conference on the 24th that the Ukrainian artillery troops have been cracking down on civilian facilities and housing in the Donbass area since 2014. We will only be willing to accept (condemn Russia) these remarks when (French) also makes similar remarks to condemn Ukrainian side's move.

Zaporo Thermal Nuclear Power Plant .

Urban nuclear power plant safety has become the focus again

Recent air strikes have forced several nuclear power plants in Ukraine to close. The Ukrainian National Nuclear Energy Company issued an announcement on the 23rd stating that due to the decline in Ukrainian power system load, the emergency protection systems of multiple nuclear power plants in Ukraine were triggered, and the generator sets had automatically stopped operating. The announcement also pointed out that the power supply to the Zaporo Thermal Nuclear Power Plant was also forced to be interrupted, the nuclear power plant entered a full power outage mode, all diesel generators inside the power plant are operating normally, and the radiation level on the site is normal. The announcement emphasized that the radiation levels in the locations of each nuclear power plant and adjacent areas are normal.