The Russian military hit residential buildings in Kryvyi Rih – Vilkul with ballistic missiles

The Russian military is attacking Kryvyi Rih for the second day in a row, informed the influential local politician Oleksandr Vilkul. At 5 p.m., he reported that the city was being hit by ballistic missiles, and “there are still possible exits.”

“The dead creatures hit apartment buildings with two ballistic “Iskanders”. Help is being provided to the victims,” ​​Vilkul wrote at 5:45 p.m.

Other details have not yet been made public.

As a result of the strike on January 7, Kryvyi Rih was cut off, and during the day of January 8, electricity supply was partially restored.

According to the Ministry of Energy, Russian troops carried out another massive attack on energy infrastructure facilities at night, the Dnipropetrovsk and Zaporizhia regions were the most affected, which were almost completely cut off.

Power supply was restored in Zaporizhzhia region, about 800,000 consumers remained without power in Dnipropetrovsk region in the morning, repair work is ongoing.

Since the beginning of the full-scale invasion in February 2022, Russia has been striking Ukraine’s energy infrastructure. Since the beginning of the fall of 2025, the Russian military has increased its shelling of the Ukrainian energy and gas infrastructure, which supplies people with gas during the heating season.

According to the Ministry of Energy, as of December 12, the Russian military has attacked Ukraine’s energy infrastructure 4,500 times since the beginning of this year.

On October 30, the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine stated that due to Russian attacks there is a serious risk of dangerous consequences for civilians this winter, including long interruptions in heating, electricity and water supply. According to the UN, such interruptions will have a particularly painful effect on vulnerable groups of the population, such as the elderly, persons with disabilities and families with small children.