Rescuers said initial strike was followed by a second strike about 20 minutes later, targeting emergency crews at the scene
Ukraine will introduce hourly energy shutdowns for industrial and household consumers in all regions from 6:00pm local time on Monday until midnight.
The Kyiv Independent reports:
The restrictions will not affect critical infrastructure facilities, said Ukraine’s state-owned energy operator, Ukrenergo, on 19 May.
A recent uptick in Russian strikes put a heavy strain on Ukraine’s power grid, with several power plants being destroyed or disabled.
Due to resulting power deficits, Ukraine began implementing rolling shutdowns on 15 May.
These restrictions may last until August, said Yurii Boiko, an adviser to prime minister Denys Shmyhal.
Russia’s president, Vladimir Putin, has sent his condolences to Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, over the death of Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi.
According to the Kremlin, Putin told Khamenei in a message:
Please accept my deep condolences in connection with the great tragedy that befell the people of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Seyed Ebrahim Raisi was an outstanding politician whose entire life was devoted to serving the Motherland.
As a true friend of Russia, he made an invaluable personal contribution to the development of good neighborly relations between our countries and made great efforts to bring them to the level of strategic partnership.
Iranian state-run media have confirmed the death of Raisi and foreign minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian in a helicopter crash in the province of East Azerbaijan on Sunday as they headed towards the city of Tabriz.
The group were returning from Azerbaijan, where they had attended the inauguration of a dam alongside President Ilham Aliyev, when the helicopter crashed in a mountainous region amid poor weather conditions.
