Facts about Russia-Ukraine conflict: Russia continues missile attacks on Ukraine
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BEIJING, Oct. 12 (Xinhua) -- The following are the latest developments in the Ukraine crisis:
Russia has continued its massive strikes on Ukrainian energy and military command facilities, which started Monday, the Russian Defense Ministry said Tuesday.
Monday's attacks killed 23 people and wounded 100 others in Ukraine, including 7 deaths and 49 injuries in the Kiev city, Deputy Head of Ukraine's Presidential Office Kyrylo Tymoshenko said Tuesday on Telegram.
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Power has been restored in 3,800 settlements across Ukraine after the attacks had resulted in power cut in 3,900 on Monday, Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said Tuesday on Telegram, adding that restoration work was ongoing in central regions.
He called for limiting electricity consumption, such as not turning on energy-intensive appliances during peak hours from 5 p.m. to 11 p.m., to keep the energy system stable.
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Given the danger of the attacks, students in educational institutions and preschools in Kiev will study online until the end of this week, and kindergartens will be closed, Mykola Povoroznyk, first deputy head of the Kiev City State Administration, was quoted as saying Tuesday by the Ukrainian government-run Ukrinform news agency.
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Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said in an interview posted on the ministry's website on Tuesday that the West was attempting to escalate the situation through "nuclear rhetoric" and a possibility of Russia using weapons of mass destruction.
"A direct clash with the United States and NATO is not in Russia's interests," he said, warning the West of a dangerous situation that uncontrolled escalation could lead to.
He said the West was becoming more actively involved in the conflict, as it continued providing Ukraine with large-scale assistance in the form of personnel training as well as intelligence and real-time satellite imagery.
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky tweeted Tuesday he had informed UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres in detail about the scale and consequences of the Russian attacks.
The situation at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine and grain exports from Ukraine were also discussed, he added. Enditem
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