Russia pounds Kyiv with drones, missiles: Power and water supplies hit; videos go viral

Russia has launched a barrage of drones and missiles on the Ukrainian capital Kyiv and the Dnipro district early on Tuesday, injuring one person and disrupting the power and water supply, the city mayor Vitaliy Klychko confirmed through his Telegram channel.Urging the residents to stay under cover, the mayor said that the power supply has been disrupted due to the strikes at the eastern bank of the Dnipro River. Updating on the situation, the mayor wrote, “One injured in the Dnipro district of Kyiv. The team has left. There are still calls for medics.”

Translated statement by Kyiv mayor updating the residents about strikes

“There are power outages on the east bank of the Dnipro River. Social infrastructure facilities are switching to autonomous power supply. There are also interruptions in the water supply,” he said.Videos circulating online shared by the unofficial channels on Telegram shows rocket launched over the skies of the Ukrainian capital as the ballistic missile wave hit Kyiv.