Ukraine war: Widespread blackouts after 'massive' Russian missile strikes

Russia has launched more than 50 missiles targeting critical infrastructure across Ukraine, including the capital Kyiv, causing power and water outages, Ukraine says.

In the north-eastern city of Kharkiv, energy facilities were hit.

The strikes come after Russia blamed Ukraine for a drone attack on its Black Sea Fleet in the annexed Crimea.

Kyiv Mayor Vitlaiy Klitschko said 80% of city residents were left without water supply after an energy facility near the capital was damaged. He also said that engineers were urgently deployed to restore electricity supply to about 350,000 apartments in the megapolis.

The city authorities said that "no hits wee recorded" in Kyiv itself due to "the effective work of the air defence forces".

On Monday morning, missile strikes were also reported in the central Vinnytsia region, as well as Dnipropetrovsk and Zaporizhzhia in the south-east, and Lviv in western Ukraine.

A facility at the Dnipro hydroelectric power plant in the Zaporizhzhia region was also reportedly hit.