德国总理陪同泽连斯基总统巡视城市，此前莫斯科在默茨抵达基辅的当天清晨袭击了该市的北桥。基辅正进入自入侵初期以来最困难的时期，随着俄罗斯攻势加剧，莫斯科试图将这座首都推入黑暗，日常生活被重塑。数周来，首都的主要担忧是即将到来的冬季，届时俄罗斯预计将再次试图让乌克兰陷入黑暗和寒冷。但俄罗斯袭击的急剧升级让许多居民感到，他们原本准备应对的某些困难已经来临。
German chancellor tours city with president Zelenskyy after Moscow strikes city’s North Bridge this morning amid his arrival Kyiv is entering its most difficult period since the early days of the invasion, as intensifying Russian attacks reshape everyday life in a capital that Moscow is seeking to plunge into darkness. For weeks, the main worry in the capital had been the coming winter, when Russia is expected once again to try to plunge Ukraine into darkness and cold. But a sharp escalation in Russian attacks has left many residents feeling that some of the hardship they had been bracing for is already here.
“基辅处于非常严峻的局势中。我们已无法再假装能像和平时期一样生活，”基辅市长维塔利·克利奇科周五表示。“敌人正在撕裂基辅。”仅本周，俄罗斯导弹和无人机就袭击了办公楼、数据中心、一所学校和医院以及基辅的主要桥梁之一。莫斯科还开始攻击乌克兰的能源设施，瞄准一座热电厂和其他能源设施，导致清晨时分多个街区断电断水。
“The capital is in a very dramatic situation. And it’s no longer possible to pretend that we can live now as we do in peacetime,” the Kyiv mayor, Vitali Klitschko, said on Friday. “The enemy is tearing Kyiv apart.”This week alone, Russian missiles and drones have struck offices, datacentres, a school and hospital and one of Kyiv’s main bridges. Moscow has also started its attacks on Ukraine’s energy, targeting a thermal power plant and other energy facilities, leaving several neighbourhoods without power and water by morning.