The mayor of Kremenchuk, Ukraine, claims that a Russian strike has cut utilities.

Kremenchuk, a city in central Ukraine, had power and water shortages as a result of a nocturnal combined airstrike by Russian forces, according to the city’s mayor, Vitalii Maletskyi, on Sunday.

Kremenchuk, a significant industrial center with one of the largest oil refineries in Ukraine, is situated on the Dnipro River. Russian missiles have frequently struck the area, including a 2022 attack on a busy mall that claimed at least 21 lives.

In a social media post, Maletskyi stated that after the damage assessment is over, information about the strike’s effects will be made public later on Sunday. He noted that in areas where supplies were interrupted, city services were attempting to restore heating, water, and power.

Ahead of winter, Russia has stepped up long-range attacks on Ukraine’s water, heating, and electrical infrastructure in an effort to lower public morale and disrupt business, after past cold seasons in the almost four-year conflict that saw widespread outages and emergency rationing.

The mayor shared a picture of what appeared to be industrial buildings being consumed by a massive fire at night.

“We will restore everything,” he wrote.

Maletskyi’s report could not be independently verified by Reuters. Russia’s drone and missile attacks are a menace to the city, the Ukrainian Air Force warned multiple times overnight on its Telegram chat.