Kyiv, 31 October 2022: the morning the taps ran dry

Between 7 and 9 a.m. on 31 October 2022 Russian bombers launched more than 50 cruise missiles at Ukraine's power system. Most were shot down; the rest hit 18 sites in 10 regions. In Kyiv a damaged power facility outside the city left 80% of consumers without water and 350,000 households without electricity. It was the fourth wave of a campaign that the International Criminal Court later charged as war crimes and as the crime against humanity of inhumane acts — and that has not stopped.

Strikes on the power system Oct 2022 – Mar 2023: war crimes and inhumane acts — established to the ICC warrant standard (4 warrants) Waves of attacks on energy each autumn and winter, 2022–2026 — pattern (COI 2023, 2026) Energy terror / genocide framing — position (Ukraine)

Russia said. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov · press call · Moscow, 24 Nov 2022: “There have been no strikes on 'social' targets and there are none – special attention is paid to this.” — Contradicted by the record. On 31 Oct 2022 damage to one power facility left 80% of Kyiv's water consumers without water (Kyiv mayor via AP). The ICC charged the campaign as attacks on civilian objects and inhumane acts (5 Mar and 24 Jun 2024).

Evidence held: ICC Pre-Trial Chamber II, 5 Mar 2024; ICC, 24 Jun 2024; Air Force of Ukraine, 31 Oct 2022; Prime Minister D. Shmyhal, 31 Oct 2022.

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A combined heat and power plant in Kyiv on fire after Russian missile strikes, 10 Oct 2022 — three weeks before the strike that cut water

Main Directorate of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine in Kyiv · 2022-10-10 · CC BY 4.0 · original ↗

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Kyiv in a city-wide blackout after Russian strikes on the grid, 8 Nov 2022

Estemelmo Nólemë · 2022-11-08 · CC BY 2.0 · original ↗

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