How Ukraine's Kyiv was plunged into darkness after Russian missile attack

Russia-Ukraine War: Kyiv’s regional governor Oleksiy Kuleba said that the attack impacted electricity services in the capital.

Russian missile attack severely damaged a key energy facility close to Ukraine’s capital Kyiv, the country’s grid operator said. The strike by Russian military aimed to cut power in populated areas of the city, Ukraine said as Moscow continues to target civilian infrastructure amid its months-long invasion.

Russia-Ukraine War: A firefighter helps his colleague to escape from a crater as they extinguish smoke from a burned car after a Russian attack in Kyiv, Ukraine. (AP)

Kyiv’s regional governor Oleksiy Kuleba said on Saturday that though the attack on the unidentified facility did not kill or wound anyone, it impacted the electricity services in the capital.

Electricity transmission company Ukrenergo said repair crews were working to restore electricity service while warning Kyiv residents about further possible outages in the city.

This week's wide-ranging retaliatory attacks by Russia followed an explosion last week that damaged the bridge linking Russia to Crimea. In its largest coordinated missile attacks in Ukraine since late February, Russia targeted residential buildings as well as civil infrastructure in Ukrainian cities like Kyiv and Lviv in western Ukraine.

Deputy head of Ukraine's president's office, Kyrylo Tymoshenko urged Kyiv residents to reduce their energy consumption during evening hours of peak demand.