Vitaliy Klitschko, the mayor of Kyiv<\/a>, said in his\u00a0Telegram post\u00a0<\/a>that “70% of the capital still remains without electricity.” He also mentioned that he was not ruling out a worst-case scenario where the city has to survive without electricity, heat, or water. More than 40% of Ukraine’s energy facilities have been damaged by Russian missile strikes in recent weeks and it is anticipated that Ukraine will suffer without electricity until March 2023.<\/p>\n The Ukraine Air Force Command\u00a0reported<\/a>\u00a0that 70 cruise missiles and five drones were launched targeting critical infrastructure on November 23. The Air Defense System shot down 51 of the Russian cruise missiles and all five drones. Since early October, Russia launched missiles with the motive of destroying Ukraine’s power grid.<\/p>\n The Ukrainian General staff said in a written statement that the Russian forces struck residential buildings, thermal power plants, and substations in Kyiv, Vinnytsia, Lviv, and Zaporizhia oblasts, causing widespread disruptions to energy, heating, and water supplies. After the latest wave of missile strikes by Russia, Ukrainian officials reported that three nuclear power plants on the territory held by Ukraine have been switched off.<\/p>\n Russian missiles in Ukraine leave children’s intensive care units without power “The lung ventilation system, without which children cannot breathe, is turned off. The source of radiant heat, without which they freeze, is switched off.”<\/p>\n A report from ANews<\/a> says “Ukrainians are most likely to live with blackouts at least until the end of March, the head of a major energy provider said on Monday, as the government started free evacuations for people in Kherson to other regions.”<\/p>\n Russian missiles in Ukraine leave children's intensive care units without power<\/p>\n "The lung ventilation system, without which children cannot breathe, is turned off. The source of radiant heat, without which they freeze, is switched off."<\/p>\n \ud83d\udcf9 – @CurrentTimeTv<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/gK857aNM2r<\/a><\/p>\n — Anton Gerashchenko (@Gerashchenko_en) November 24, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n