Ukraine war: Five dead in Russian strikes, as Kyiv recovers from barage
New Russian strikes killed five people on Saturday in Ukraine, where authorities were trying to restore electricity as quickly as possible after the massive missile strikes the day before which caused power cuts.
The heaviest human toll of the new attacks was recorded in the central region of Dnipropetrovsk: four people killed and 15 others injured, according to a senior aide to President Zelenskyy.
Saturday's shelling also left one dead and three others injured in the southern region of Kherson, a southern city which was liberated by Ukrainian troops in November but which still faces Russian missile strikes.
The local governor said a senior citizens' home had been hit but that there were no casualties.
Meanwhile in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, basic services were being restored during the weekend after the latest wave of Russian air strikes on critical infrastructure, as residents navigated a city gripped by fog and girded for a holiday season marked by uncertainty.
Mayor Vitali Klitschko said a quarter of Kyiv remained without heating but that the metro system was back in service and all residents had been reconnected to water supply by early morning.
Only around one-third of the city remained without electricity, he said, but emergency outages would still be implemented to save power. "Because the deficit of electricity is significant," he wrote on the Telegram messaging app.
Ukrainian officials said Russia fired more than 70 missiles on Friday in one of its heaviest barrages since the Kremlin's 24 February invasion began, forcing emergency blackouts nationwide.
Earlier this month, Klitschko had warned of an "apocalypse" scenario for the capital if Russian air strikes on infrastructure continued, though he also said there
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