Power plants hit by Russian strikes overnight in Kyiv, Kharkiv and Dnipro supplied heat only

Combined heat and power plants (CHPs) and thermal power plants (TPPs) in Kyiv, Kharkiv and Dnipro that were attacked by Russia overnight on February 3 were operating exclusively to supply heat, First Deputy Prime Minister and Energy Minister Denys Shmyhal said.

"The targets are not military. They are purely civilian. Hundreds of thousands of families, including children, are being deliberately left without heat during severe winter frosts, when temperatures drop to minus 25 degrees Celsius (minus 13 degrees Fahrenheit)," Shmyhal said in a statement posted on social media.

He stressed that everyone involved in the planning, support and execution of these strikes must be held accountable.

"This is yet another Russian crime against humanity — an attempt at winter genocide," Shmyhal said, commenting on the overnight shelling.

• During the February 3 attacks, Russia struck targets in eight regions of Ukraine.
• Ahead of the latest large-scale assault, U.S. President Donald Trump said for the second time in a week, that Russian President Vladimir Putin had "agreed" not to attack Ukraine during the cold snap.