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☆ Ukraine heads into winter with a hobbled energy system
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-06 | by ( Olena Harmash | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +6 min

Ukraine declines to share detailed data on the impact of attacks on its energy system, treating it as sensitive information during wartime. Kyiv School of Economics' research centre estimated the direct damage to Ukraine's energy infrastructure at $8.8 billion as of June. Last winter, Ukraine was helped by relatively mild weather, rapid repairs, nuclear power and electricity imports from Europe, but some officials expect tougher conditions this time. Volodymyr Kudrytskyi, head of national grid operator Ukrenergo, said the main grid, one of the most damaged parts of the energy system, was ready to transmit winter volumes of electricity. "The energy system is not as reliable and with a smaller reserve capacity than it was before the targeted strikes," he said.

Persons: Marcus Lippold, It's, it's, Andriy Sadovy, Oleksandr Kharchenko, Dmytro Sakharuk, Sakharuk, DTEK, Denys Shmyhal, Shmyhal, Volodymyr Kudrytskyi, Oleksiy Chernyshov, Serhiy Sukhomlyn, Julia Payne, Mike Collett, White, Gareth Jones Organizations: United Nations, Kyiv School of Economics, Lviv, Energy Industry Research Center, Reuters, Ukraine's, Naftogaz, Thomson Locations: Ukraine, Russian, Brussels, Russia, Moscow, Europe, Zhytomyr, Kyiv

☆ Russian air attack on Ukraine's Lviv injures one, sparks fire - Ukraine's officials
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-19 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Sept 19 (Reuters) - The western Ukrainian city of Lviv was rocked by blasts in the early hours on Tuesday, with local officials saying the Russian air attack injured one man and caused a major fire at an industrial warehouse. "A woman and a man were found under the rubble in Lviv. Lviv city mayor Andriy Sadovyi said air raid alerts for the region were called off after nearly three hours at around 0300 GMT. Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy condemned the attack at the time, saying Russia was behind it. Reporting by Lidia Kelly in Melbourne; Editing by Christopher Cushing and Michael PerryOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Maxim Kozitsky, Andriy Sadovyi, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Lidia Kelly, Christopher Cushing, Michael Perry Organizations: Reuters, New York Times, The New York Times, Thomson Locations: Ukrainian, Lviv, Lviv's, Russia, Kostiantynivka, Ukraine, Melbourne

☆ Russian attack kills one, causes fire in west Ukrainian city of Lviv - officials
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-19 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/4] Firefighters work at a site of an industrial warehouse damaged by a Russian drone strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Lviv, Ukraine September 19, 2023. Lviv governor Maxim Kozitsky said firefighters were tackling the blaze and that a 26-year-old man had been taken to hospital. "I want to emphasise that these are ordinary industrial warehouses. He said Russian forces had launched 18 drones in the attack and that 15 had been shot down, including seven that were directly over the Lviv region. At least seven people were killed in July when a Russian missile slammed into a residential building in Lviv, which is far from front lines.

Persons: Maxim Kozitsky, Andriy Sadovyi, Kozitsky, Lidia Kelly, Anna Pruchnicka, Christopher Cushing, Michael Perry, Timothy Organizations: Press, State Emergency Service of Ukraine, REUTERS Acquire, Rights, Lviv, Russian, Timothy Heritage, Thomson Locations: Russian, Ukraine, Lviv, Russia, Ukrainian, Moscow, Melbourne

☆ Russian air strikes on western Ukraine kill at least three - officials
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-15 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/5] A view shows a building damaged during a Russian missile strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Lviv, Ukraine August 15, 2023. The Volyn region borders NATO-member Poland to its west. Ukraine's Air Force said that its forces had destroyed 16 of at least 28 Russia-launched air and sea-based missiles. Until July, the Lviv region which is far from the front lines and which borders Poland to its west, had been spared most Russia's air attacks. Air raid alerts were issued for entire Ukraine for about two hours, staring at around 2 a.m. (2300 GMT).

Persons: Administration Maksym, Yuriy Pohulyaiko, Andriy Sadovyi, Sadovyi, Maxim Kozitsky, Serhiy Lisak, Lidia Kelly, Maria Tsvetkova, Kim Coghill, Simon Cameron, Moore Organizations: Lviv Regional, Administration, REUTERS, NATO, Air Force, Lviv region's, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Russian, Ukraine, Lviv, Handout, Russia, Volyn, Lutsk, Poland, Dnipropetrovsk, Warsaw, New York

☆ Russian missile strikes apartment block in Lviv, kills at least three
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-06 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

[1/2] A general view of damage to an apartment building from a Russian rocket strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Lviv, Ukraine in this screen grab obtained from a social media video released July 6, 2023. Maksym Kozytskiy via Telegram/via REUTERSJuly 6 (Reuters) - A Russian missile attack killed at least three people in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv, and rescuers were searching through the debris of an apartment building for survivors and casualties, the local mayor said. "Three people have been killed," Mayor Andriy Sadovy said in a post on his Telegram channel. Regional Governor Maksym Kozytskyi posted a 13-second video showing a wide, curving, four-storey apartment building with parts of the upper floors missing or in rubble. The posts from the officials followed widespread air alerts across Ukraine and reports of cruise missiles entering Ukrainian airspace.

Persons: Maksym, Andriy Sadovy, Sadovy, Maksym Kozytskyi, Elaine Monaghan, Sandra Maler, Michael Perry, Simon Cameron, Moore Organizations: REUTERS, Regional, Thomson Locations: Russian, Ukraine, Lviv, Maksym Kozytskiy, Ukrainian

Video The mayor of Lviv called this the worst attack on the city since the war started. Still, Russia has shifted its strategy with missile and drone attacks throughout the war, hitting one city one night and then targeting several on another. In the early days of the war, the 700,000 residents of Lviv prepared themselves for a full-scale onslaught that never materialized. A day before the attack on Lviv, Ukraine destroyed a military base in the Russian-occupied city of Makiivka. Consequences of the night attack by Russian terrorists.

Persons: Roman Baluk, Ihor Klymenko, Volodymyr Zelensky, ” Andriy Sadovyi, і, Maksym Kozytskyy, 9yl1MT6Eu4, Mr, Kozytskyy, Stanislav Kozliuk, Володимир Зеленський Organizations: Credit, Reuters, Twitter Locations: Lviv, Reuters KYIV, Ukraine, Russian, Poland, Kyiv, Russia, Makiivka, Львова

☆ Massive Russian missile barrage pummels cities across Ukraine
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-29 | by ( Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

After earlier attacks, the Ukrainian military reported shooting down incoming Russian missiles and explosive drones, but some still reached their targets, damaging power and water supplies and increasing the suffering of the population amid freezing temperatures. Ukrainian authorities in several regions said some incoming Russian missiles were intercepted. Efrem Lukatsky / APFragments from downed Russian missiles damaged two private buildings in the Darnytskyi district of Kyiv, the city administration said. Earlier this month, the United States agreed to give a Patriot missile battery to Ukraine to boost the country’s defense. Russian officials have said that any peace plan can only proceed from Kyiv’s recognition of Russia’s sovereignty over the regions it illegally annexed from Ukraine in September.

KYIV, Ukraine — Rockets rained down on Kyiv and several other Ukrainian cities amid stepped-up attacks Wednesday, less than 24 hours after officials said a newborn became one of the youngest victims of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s war. After Wednesday's barrage, plumes of smoke rose over the capital, Kyiv, which has been spared much of the violence that struck other parts of the country during most of the war. A high-rise building was hit and a fire started in Kyiv, Andriy Nebytov, who leads the capital's regional police force, said in a Telegram post, adding that officers were working to clear the debris. In a separate post to its Telegram channel, the city's military administration said three people had died and six people were injured in the attacks. The strikes came after the newborn was killed when Russian shells pounded a maternity ward in the south of the country late Tuesday, Ukrainian officials said.

☆ Why the Ukrainian tech company N-iX refused to quit working as Russia unleashed intense strikes that knocked out power across Lviv: 'The sector is banding together'
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-13 | by ( Sage Lazzaro | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

N-iX, an IT firm with a big presence in Lviv, described how it'd managed amid the latest attacks. But like many Ukrainian companies, N-iX was prepared with a contingency plan that allowed it to continue servicing clients in the attack's aftermath. "It started in the morning," Deshchynskyy told Insider. Ukrainian tech workers and companies have rallied to help the war effort, including by joining the "IT army" and providing tech services for the military. And just two weeks ago, N-iX was the main partner at the annual IT Arena tech conference, which was held in Lviv.

☆ Russian strike on Ukraine's Lviv hits power supply - mayor
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-11 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

A view shows the city without electricity after critical civil infrastructure was hit by Russian missile attacks in Lviv, Ukraine October 10, 2022. REUTERS/Roman BalukKYIV, Oct 11 (Reuters) - A Russian missile strike on critical infrastructure in Lviv on Tuesday left part of the west Ukrainian city without power, city mayor Andriy Sadovyi said. "As a result of the missile strike, 30% of Lviv is temporarily without electricity," Sadovyi wrote on the Telegram messaging app, adding that the water supply had also been interrupted in two districts of the city. Russian missile strikes had also hit the electricity supply in the Lviv region on Monday. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterReporting by Max Hunder, Editing by Timothy HeritageOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Russia unleashed a firestorm of attacks on multiple Ukrainian cities after a blast damaged a bridge in Crimea and crippled a key Russian supply line
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-10 | by ( Cheryl Teh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Ukraine's vice prime minister confirmed that Kyiv, Dnipro, and Zaporizhzhia were struck. The attacks came after a blast crippled a bridge in Crimea that serves as a Russian supply line. This fresh volley of attacks from Russia comes after the Kerch Strait Bridge, a key supply route connecting Russia and Crimea, was damaged in a blast on Saturday. For his part, Putin on Sunday labeled the bridge blast a "terrorist act" carried out by the "special services of Ukraine." Ukraine has not officially claimed responsibility for the Kerch Strait Bridge blast but has hinted at its involvement in the incident.

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