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09:25 31 Oct 2022

Massive missile attack: russians target critical energy infrastructure

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The morning of October 31 began with an air raid alert in all regions of Ukraine and massive rocket fire in many areas. russia is purposefully shelling critical energy and civilian infrastructure.

What we learned:

In the Cherkasy region, the russian invaders struck a critical infrastructure object. As a result, part of the region was cut off from electricity. This was announced by the head of the Cherkasy regional military administration, Ihor Taburets.

"The enemy attacked one of the critical infrastructure facilities of the Cherkasy region. As a result, part of the region was blacked out," he said.

The russian occupiers launched a missile attack on Zaporizhzhia, damaging critical infrastructure facilities. Oleksandr Starukh, the head of the Zaporizhzhia regional military administration, reported this.

"At approximately 8:00 a.m., the enemy launched rocket attacks on Zaporizhzhia. Preliminarily, rockets were launched from airplanes. Critical infrastructure facilities were damaged. Therefore, power outages are possible," he said.

According to him, as of 08:40, there are no victims. All services work at the places of hits.

The russian invaders also struck the critical infrastructure of Kyiv, due to which part of the capital was cut off from electricity, and there were interruptions with the water supply. This was announced by the head of the Kyiv regional military administration, Oleksii Kuleba, and Kyiv city mayor Vitalii Klychko.

As a result of strikes on critical infrastructure facilities, part of the capital was cut off from electricity. There is no water supply in some areas. All services are working. More details later," Klychko noted.

On October 31, the russian invaders also hit a critical infrastructure facility in Kharkiv. This was announced by the mayor of the city Ihor Terekhov.

"Two airstrikes over Kharkiv. The enemy hit a critical infrastructure facility in the city," he said. An air alert has been announced.

There is damage to critical infrastructure in the Chernivtsi region. This happened as a result of rocket fire by the russian occupiers.

This was announced by the head of the regional military administration, Ruslan Zaparaniuk. Residents of the region are urged not to photograph the places of explosions and to wait for official information.

The russian rockets hit one of the energy facilities in the Kirovohrad region. The strike was recorded in the area of ​​the city of Svitlovodsk: no victims. The elimination of the consequences of the fire continues,  the head of the region, Andrii Raikovych, reports.

The air defense dealt with the missiles in several regions: Kyiv Region, Poltava Region, Vinnytsia Region, Khmelnytskyi Region, Lviv Region, and Volyn Region.

This was reported by the head of the Kyiv region, Oleksii Kuleba; the head of the Vinnytsia region, Serhii Borov; the head of the Poltava region Dmytro Lunin; the head of the Lviv region Maksym Kozytskyi.

One rocket was shot down over the Lviv region. It is also reported that three missiles flying from Belarus were shot down over the Volyn region.

In the Khmelnytskyi region, fragments of rockets fell on a civilian object. There is the destruction of a civilian object. According to preliminary information, there are no victims, the head of the region, Serhii Hamalii, reports.

A downed enemy missile fell on civilian objects in the Vinnytsia region. Serhii Borzov, the head of Vinnytsia regional administration, reports this. As a result of the fall of the rocket, there is destruction. According to Borzov, there are no dead or wounded.

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