infrastructure is shaking
Russian missiles and cold hit Kyiv
01/16/2023, 11:17 p.m
At the economic forum in Davos, the Klitschko brothers report on the delicate situation in the Ukrainian capital. Kiev’s infrastructure could collapse at any time. Meanwhile, the death toll from the attacks on the city of Dnipro is rising.
Repeated Russian rocket attacks on critical infrastructure in Kyiv and the cold have put the Ukrainian capital under considerable pressure, Mayor Vitali Klitschko said. The infrastructure could collapse at any time because of the attacks. The western allies must therefore accelerate the delivery of air defense systems, says Klitschko in Davos, where he is visiting the World Economic Forum with his brother Wladimir.
“We are not talking about the collapse, but it can happen … any second,” says Vitali Klitschko. Because Russian missiles could destroy the critical infrastructure in Kyiv. There is currently a power outage of 30 percent. “It’s pretty cold in Ukraine right now, so life without electricity and heating is almost impossible. The situation is critical. We’re fighting to survive.”
The central Ukrainian city of Dnipro had previously been the target of Russian rocket attacks. The attack on the area was the most momentous of several Russian attacks over the past weekend. The Ukrainian authorities reported the deaths of 40 people, including three children, by Monday afternoon.
Russia then denied any guilt. “Russia’s armed forces are not attacking residential buildings or objects of social infrastructure,” said Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov. Representatives of the Ukrainian side said themselves that the “tragedy” at the weekend was caused by the Ukrainian air defenses, said Peskov. He was obviously alluding to statements made by the adviser in the Ukrainian presidential office, Oleksiy Arestovych. Arestovych said shortly after Saturday’s attack in a live Internet broadcast: “It (the missile) was shot down and fell on the doorway.” A little later, however, the 47-year-old made it clear that he only wanted to describe a possible version that still had to be checked. The Ukrainian Air Force, on the other hand, stated that it was in no position to intercept missiles of this type.