Two killed in Kyiv as Russia attacks Ukrainian energy facilities

A Russian missile strike killed two people in Kyiv as Moscow pounded Ukrainian energy facilities on Tuesday, causing explosions, fires and power outages.

Thick smoke rose into the sky after several loud blasts echoed through northern Kyiv, where there is a thermal power station, Reuters witnesses said.

Electricity supplies were interrupted in some parts of Kyiv because of “damage to a critical infrastructure object” but were later restored, power producer DTEK said.