Ukraine: Russia’s increased attacks on energy and heating infrastructure ‘creating a deadly situation for civilians’

According to Ukrainska Pravda, Zelenskyy said substations, transformers and power lines in Dnipropetrovsk, Vinnytsia, Zhytomyr and Khmelnytskyi oblasts had come under attack.[2]Zelenskyy said on Telegram that "the Russians are seeking to maximally exploit the deficit of ballistic missile interceptors,"[1] NBC News reported.QuantoSei News reports that the State Emergency Service of Ukraine said an overnight strike killed two people, including a 13-year-old girl[3] in the Vinnytsia region.The UN Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine concluded that "the Russian authorities have committed the crimes against humanity of other inhumane acts."[4] Commission chair Erik Møse warned that "the attacks have intensified once again, raising serious concerns about the threats to civilians' lives and health."[4]CNN reports that Russia's Permanent Mission to the UN rejected the commission's findings, claiming it had drawn on "falsified" data[5].Danielle Bell, head of the UN monitoring mission, said "Systematically attacking electricity and heating infrastructure as winter approaches is bound to inflict significant suffering on the civilian population."[6]In a February statement, Amnesty International Secretary General Agnès Callamard said Russia was "subjecting the entire civilian population to a campaign of extreme cruelty."[7]