Kiev returned water after damage to power facilities

Kyiv Mayor Vitaly Klitschko said that the water supply has resumed in the capital. According to him, in parallel, the connection of residential buildings to heating continues. At the moment, 60% of apartment buildings in the city already receive heat.

Earlier, Klitschko described the situation with power supply, heat and water as extremely complex. The cause of the problems he called damage to energy facilities in the Kiev and Zhytomyr regions. He did not give other details about the progress of restoration work.

The mayor also said that traffic on the North Bridge was blocked in both directions. The roadway, trolleybus contact line and power line were damaged at the facility. The timing of the opening of the crossing is not reported.

Earlier, the Ukrainian side admitted that the air defense shot down only part of the ballistic missiles. Volodymyr Zelensky said that 36 missiles were fired at Kiev and the region, the target of the strike was energy. Damage was received by substations linking the Rivne and Khmelnytsky nuclear power plants with Kiev and the central regions. The official reaction of the Ukrainian authorities to the new data on the restoration of water and heat has not yet been received.