A sequence of explosions rang out earlier than daybreak Wednesday in Ukraine’s capital Kyiv. Ukraine mentioned it shot down not less than 10 Russian drones, and preliminary reviews urged solely restricted injury.

Residents woke to air raid sirens round 6 am. The explosions got here minutes later, a part of a grim sample that is grow to be acquainted to Ukrainians nationwide since Russia started launching airstrikes on the nation’s energy methods greater than two months in the past.

Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko mentioned in a Telegram publish that Ukraine’s air defenses shot down 10 drones concentrating on the capital and the encircling area.

Two authorities buildings have been broken in Kyiv, as was a personal dwelling in a village outdoors the town, Kyrylo Tymoshenko, a high aide to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, mentioned in one other Telegram publish.

With Russia struggling setbacks on the battlefield, the Russian navy started large-scale air assaults on civilian infrastructure on Oct. 10. The assaults have broken many components of the electrical energy grid nationwide and led to day by day energy cuts all through the nation.

Over the weekend, Russia fired Iranian-made drones that knocked out energy to the southern port metropolis of Odesa and far of the encircling area.

Ukraine’s energy firms have been fast to make repairs. But they are saying the injury is cumulative, and the nation can not generate as a lot electrical energy because it wants this winter.