Ukraine war: Russia could launch more heavy strikes, Zelensky warns
Russia has enough missiles to carry out yet more heavy strikes against Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelensky has said, following a wave of Russian attacks, BBC reports.
Engineers are continuing work to restore electricity after Friday's massive strikes using 76 missiles. The attacks have targeted civilian infrastructure, as temperatures drop below zero in many regions. Russia's President Vladimir Putin has been consulting his military commanders about the future of the war. The Kremlin says Mr Putin spent the whole of Friday at the headquarters of Russia's military operation. "I would like to hear your suggestions on our immediate and medium-term actions," the Russian president said. The defence minister and chief of the general staff were also at the meeting. Kyiv has accused Moscow of using winter as a weapon by targeting essential facilities as temperatures drop. But Russia's president earlier this month vowed to continue to batter Ukraine's infrastructure, saying criticism of Russia's strikes would not interfere with its "combat missions". Parts of the Ukrainian capital remained without power and heating on Saturday, the city's Mayor Vitali Klitschko said. But water supplies have now been fully restored in the city. Power has been restored in the country's second city of Kharkiv, authorities said, after it was left without electricity for hours following Friday's wave of strikes that targeted energy stations across the country. Local officials said as many as nine power facilities were hit as Russian forces fired 76 missiles and carried out drone attacks.
