Name: How Ukraine's power and water supply is coping with Russian missile strikes - BBC News
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Ukraine's energy infrastructure has again come under Russian attack.

A wave of missile strikes have struck 10 regions including Kiev.

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While this was the aftermath of two blasts in the capital, it left 80% of residents with no running water 350,000 apartments with no electricity in her Kiev and other cities, residents were forced underground when the strikes him, 13 people were injured in 10 different regions across the country says that Russia fired more than 50 cruise missiles and that it shot 44 down.

Your Issac is an adviser to the defense minister.

18 different energy infrastructure objects have been struck by the Russian missiles in 10 different regions of Ukraine and this ranges from the east of Ukraine, Zaporizhia, south Kharkiv in the north all the way to the western Ukraine, etc.

So it was quite a massive, another massive missile strike by a terrorist state.

They're targeting civilians because our energy infrastructure because of course they are unable to achieve any military progress on the battlefield and they're trying to break the Ukrainian will to defend ourselves by conducting these missile strikes and drone strikes.

While seven of the 10 regions hit have been suffering power cuts affecting hundreds of towns.

This map has been released by Ukraine's water management body in Kiev and you can see the huge number of water pump points affected by the strikes were workers are trying to repair the damage and officials are appealing for those with power to limit consumption.

Still, however, the impact is being felt in Kiev.

There are huge queues to fill up water bottles, Here's the Mayor vitali Klitschko, I have a feeling the Russian Russian aggressors want to freezing people in this winter.

They counted they propose himself as war against military.

But right now have this war have directly impact in civil population.

They want to make the people without hitting without water without electricity in the winter.

They want to freeze in the whole population in our hometown.

The mayor of Kiev, While there has been damage outside of Ukraine as well, Russian strikes shot down by Ukraine have fallen on a village in neighboring Moldova and according to the Interior Ministry, several houses were shattered.

It's called it a flagrant violation of the international humanitarian law and says that attacks on Ukraine's energy infrastructure is causing enormous economic and social damage to the entire european continent.

While today's wave of Russian attacks come two days after Russia's navy itself came under attack in sevastopol.

According to open source investigators, several drones struck a warship in the annex Crimea at 4 20 in the morning.

While Ukraine has called the Russian accusations of false pretext and the fallout has been immediate.

That same day, Russia pulled out of a un backed deal allowing Ukraine to resume exporting grain from the Black Sea.

This is a Kremlin spokesperson on why when Russia talks about it being impossible to guarantee the safe passage of shipping in these areas.

This kind of deal is of course, barely feasible and it takes on a different character a much riskier, more dangerous one and one without guarantees.

Now, despite that warning, 12 more grain shifts left Ukraine today under the U.

Deal 10 carrying wheat destined for the corn of Africa.

But first they'll have to head along the maritime humanitarian corridor to Turkey where they undergo a meticulous inspection.

It's a process that can take days and has led to this huge maritime traffic jam in Istanbul.

While the grain deal was seen as a major diplomatic victory today, both the U.

And Turkey, which brokered the deal and Ukraine itself have given their assurance that they will continue to implement it.

Here's a spokesperson for the UN Secretary General, we've had more than nine million metric tons of grain go out onto the global market.

So this this agreement is of tremendous importance in the developing world and frankly in the developed world as well because it impacts the price of grains at the wholesale level for everyone.

Let's cross over to Olga Cska from BBC News Ukraine Olga before we talk about the crane and the deal.

Where are we with the actual restoration of power and water in Kiev and other places across Ukraine.

So the latest what we know from Kiev is that at least 40% are still without electricity and water and Kiev city Mayor Vitaly Klitschko said that the city of sources managed to restore a lot but still comparing to what was in the morning, it's quite quite a lot because in the morning as far as we heard from them there were 80% of people in Kiev without electricity and water.

And now we're here during that there are 40% of people without electricity.

But it's difficult to say what is the situation around all the Ukrainian regions because it's quite difficult to get in the statistics, difficult to get any access.

Obviously Ukrainian authorities asked journalists not to report about the details because they are quite scared that Russia might use that information to recalibrate their weapon and to target the electricity facilities which Ukrainian authorities managers.

But it's a very difficult situation because of course when when your mom was there in Kiev under during the first attacks, conditions on the ground are really hard.

And my mom has just returned from Ukraine, I couldn't keep her for, she literally wanted to go back.

As you know, probably many Ukrainian parents who were able to be evacuated from Ukraine, they really want to go back.

And my mom was one of them, she went back and then she found herself in a situation where she couldn't use electricity water.

So electricity was there for around two or three hours and obviously cave was bombed and she had to spend a lot of time sitting in a cellar or in underground as many as many people in Kiev and other Ukrainian towns.

But that is how the situation is looking like now.

And many people were queuing today to get some kind of water using the city bill vets.

And the mayor of Kiev called the situation the genocide which Russia is committed in Ukraine.

And of course we understand you know, your mom wanted to go but she is back safely.

The movement of the grain Russia has given a stark warning where is the grain now?

How much is left Already thought about 12 ships yesterday we heard from Ukrainian side that there were 218 ships blocked in the Black Sea and they were not able to leave.

And today we're hearing that the situation is slightly moving, Ukrainian President Zelensky said that Ukraine would participate in the grain deal no matter what Russia is doing.

And he asked international partners to calm down Russian rhetorics.

Russia from each side accused Ukraine of using the safe corridor for fighting.

And we also heard from Ukrainian side today Russia targeted to civilian ships in the Black Sea and at least two civilians were reportedly killed.

While the situation remains quite difficult.

 But as far as we During due to this deal, Ukraine managed to export at least 9.5 million tons of grain and during this year, Ukraine manager export over 12.9 million tons of grain, but still comparing to the previous year, just 66.5% comparing to the figures last year. 