Monday’s enemy missile strike damaged critical infrastructure objects, causing electricity disruptions.

Kyiv mayor Vitalii Klitschko warned the residents of possible rolling blackout in the evening.

He said that local authorities are forced to resort to the use of emergency shutdown schedules of electricity supply to consumers in Kyiv and the Kyiv region.

According to the mayor, energy engineers and rescue services are doing everything to restore the normal operation of the power system as quickly as possible.

He also said that the utility services have already restored water supply in Kyiv center after the disruption caused by the Russian strike.

Updated 15:19

Top President’s official Kyrylo Tymoshenko called on the country’s population to reduce electricity consumption from 5 pm till 10 pm so that Ukraine’s damaged power infrastructure passes through the critical period.

Updated 16:37

Kyiv energy operator announced that the duration of blackouts will be about 2 hours, in order to balance the country’s energy system. This applies to the supply of electricity to a part of industrial enterprises and household consumers, but critical objects of the social sphere, such as hospitals, the subway, rescue services, etc., will be fully supplied with electricity.