Emergency Blackouts Planned In Kiev, Other Parts Of Ukraine On Monday

Emergency electricity outages are taking place in Kiev and other parts of Ukraine on Monday, local authorities said.

"Emergency electricity outages are introduced in Kiev due to a missile attack. The schedules for stabilization power cuts are not functioning," the Kiev arm of Ukrainian utility DTEK said.

Emergency power outages will also continue in the Odesa region, Sergey Bratchuk, adviser to the chief of regional military administration, said.

Energy facilities across Ukraine have been targeted by Russia starting October 10 in retaliation for Ukrainian attacks on Russian infrastructure and the bombing of the Crimean bridge, which Moscow believes was carried out by Ukrainian special services.