Kyiv's Water Supply Disrupted After Russia's Energy Grid Strike

Water supplies on Kyiv’s right bank were disrupted on Thursday, Oct. 8, as Russia’s overnight strike on the energy grid reduced pressure, authorities said.The Kyiv City State Administration said some households in the capital’s Holosiivskyi, Svyatoshynskyi, Solomyanskyi, and Shevchenkivskyi districts are affected.JOIN US ON TELEGRAMFollow our coverage of the war on the @Kyivpost_official.“Due to the decrease in voltage in the power grid, there are interruptions in the power supply of certain water supply facilities in the capital,” the administration wrote in an official notice.“Because of this, there is a decrease in pressure in the water supply network of the right-bank part of the city. This is warned by PrJSC ‘AK ‘Kyivvodokanal’,” it added.Since Tuesday, Kyiv has been experiencing blackouts as Russia began targeting Ukraine’s energy grid near the capital following a massive barrage that started a week prior.By Wednesday, the city had introduced emergency shutdowns that led to outages outside the planned schedules, with Thursday’s power schedules lasting up to 12 hours throughout the day.According to energy operator DTEK, outages also affected cities around Kyiv, including the Brovary, Bucha, Vyshhorod, and Boryspil districts, on Thursday morning. State energy operator Ukrenergo also said other regions across Ukraine were affected.While both noted Russian attacks on the grid, neither disclosed when and where the facilities were hit, likely for security reasons. Other Topics of Interest WATCH: Downed Russian Jet Drone Crashes Near Kyiv Cars Video shows the burning aircraft dropping within meters of vehicles during Russia’s latest drone attack on the Ukrainian capital. The attacks came as Ukrainian officials warned of a dire winter, with Russia planning to intensify attacks on the energy grid – more so than last winter, when blackouts lasted over 48 hours, with water disruptions also recorded.On Sept. 25, First Deputy Prime Minister and Energy Minister Denys Shmyhal said Kyiv has obtained plans of Russia’s winter strikes, with targets ranging from electricity generation and heating to water supply and sewage systems. Subsequent reports suggest that Russia plans to allocate three Kinzhal missiles per power plant and 20 drones per boiler house.President Volodymyr Zelensky has vowed retaliatory strikes should Moscow pursue its energy strikes, with Washington’s proposed energy truce fizzling out as both Kyiv and Moscow view the winter as a decisive breaking point. Leo Chiu is a journalist and editor based in Eastern Europe since 2015. He has witnessed two presidential elections in Belarus and traveled widely to conflict zones and contested regions, producing reporting that bridges the gap between major developments and local realities.