Russia hits “critical infrastructure” with bombings in Zaporizhia and Lviv

First modification: 10/11/2022 – 15:32

Russia continues to attack Ukrainian territory and this Tuesday, October 11, the Lviv authorities reported new explosions, in addition to a missile attack that affected “critical infrastructure” of the energy system.

The local mayor’s office reported that the bombardments, which occurred around noon (local time), caused power cuts in the city, hitting the population living in the western area.

Residents of the city indicated that a total of three explosions were heard at two energy facilities in the region. The same one that on Monday, October 10, was one of the targets during the massive attacks launched by Russian troops in various areas of Ukraine.

Precisely for this reason, the State Emergency Service activated the national alert against possible air attacks during this day.

About 20 people lost their lives on Monday and another 105 were injured in the bombing that also targeted the capital, kyiv.

Russian troops return to bombard Zaporizhia at dawn

Meanwhile, a new round of missile attacks has been recorded in the city of Zaporizhia since early Tuesday morning, leaving at least one dead. The shells hit a school, a medical center and residential buildings, according to Anatoliy Kurtev, secretary of the mayor’s office.

The State Emergency Service reported that the attack was made with S-300 missiles and caused a fire in the area. Such weapons were originally designed as long-range surface-to-air missiles, but Russia has consistently resorted to using them to attack ground targets.

The nationwide alert system sent dozens of people back to government shelters after months of relative calm in the capital and other cities. Precisely that had led a part of the Ukrainians to ignore the normal sirens that warned of bombings, but Monday’s attacks changed that scenario.

In addition to the usual alerts, residents of kyiv on Tuesday received notifications on their mobile phones accompanied by a loud sound about the possibility of more bombing.

Russia may have committed war crimes during Monday’s attacks

The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights indicated that Russia may have committed war crimes during its round of attacks on Ukrainian cities on Monday.

The entity’s spokeswoman Ravina Shamdasani indicated that “this is inconceivable.” “We have to emphasize that intentionally directed attacks against civilians and civilian objects, that is, attacks that are not military objectives, constitute a war crime,” he stressed, while warning that “the location and timing of the attacks, when the people commuting to work and taking the children to school is shocking.

Monday’s missiles hit intersections, parks and tourist sites in kyiv. In addition, shelling was reported in Lviv, Ternopil and Zhytomyr in the west, Dnipro and Kremenchuk in the center, Zaporizhzhia in the south and Kharkiv in the east.

With Reuters, EFE and AP