Russian gas pipeline explodes, 3 dead. Kiev without electricity and without water

The first toll from the explosion in the Urengoi-Pomary-Uzhhorod gas pipeline, which runs from Russia to Ukraine, is three dead and one injured, reports TASS citing the emergency services.

The victims were employees of the gas company and were working on the pipeline.

The incident occurred in Russia's Vurnarsky District in the Chuvash Republic, about 680 kilometers east of Moscow.

The situation of electricity supply remains critical: 80% of the Kiev region is without electricity.

Due to the emergency, the water pumping stations of the Kyivvodokanal water distribution company are disconnected from the electricity grid: for this reason, there is not even water in Kiev.

The operator announced it on its website.

“Power will be restored to the pumping stations within an hour, so it will take some time for the water supply system to start up. Kyivvodokanal technicians are doing everything possible to return water to consumers' taps as soon as possible ", wrote Kyivvodokanal.

Ukrainian President Volodomyr

, in the east, a hot spot on the Ukrainian front.

This was reported by the Kiev presidency.

Bakhmut is the Donetsk city that Russian forces have been trying to capture for months and which is currently the hottest spot on the front in eastern Ukraine.

"Zelensky met with the military, talked to them and presented decorations to our soldiers" who repulsed the fierce Russian military campaign in the city that lasted for months, the presidential press service added without providing further details on the visit.

Bombing of the Russian city of Shebekino

, in the Belgorod region, columns of black smoke can be seen in the videos posted by residents: the attack caused the interruption of water and electricity supplies.

"The power supply was cut off as a result of the shelling. A third of the city's residents were left without electricity. Grenades hit the industrial zone. There is at least one victim," the governor of the region Vyacheslav Gladkov wrote in Telegram relaunched by the Ukrainian media commenting: "as usual Gladkov blames the Armed Forces of Ukraine".