KYIV —
Ukraine announced Monday it had
received more air defense systems from Western military allies, as officials in
Kyiv said the situation with supplies was “tense” after protracted Russian
attacks on energy facilities.
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Attacks by Moscow’s forces, including with
Iranian-made drones over the past month, have destroyed around 40 percent of
Ukraine’s power stations and the government has urged Ukrainians to maximize
electricity savings.
Kyiv has been rocked by barrages of Russian attacks
on the first day of each week for nearly a month but air raid sirens were quiet
on Monday with residents out as normal.
In a grey and foggy
Kyiv — conditions that military observers say make
attacks with missiles and low altitude drones more difficult — residents were
unfazed by the threat of fresh strikes Monday.
“To be honest, it’s not only Mondays, it’s been
eight months that we know this can happen every day and we adapted. I’m not
going to change my routine for that. I’m coming to work ... just like every
other day,” 21-year-old Kyiv resident Alyona Plekh told AFP.
Defense Minister
Oleksiy Reznikov announced Monday
that Ukraine had received national advanced surface-to-air missile system and
Italian Aspide air defenses, adding to weapons supplied by Germany.
“We will continue to shoot down the enemy targets
attacking us. Thank you to our partners — Norway, Spain, and the US,” Reznikov
said.
Weeks of Russian attacks have caused sweeping
blackouts and restrictions on energy use across Ukraine, and authorities in the
capital have asked residents and businesses to reduce consumption.
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