Mayor Vitali Klitschko posted on Telegram that ‘one of the capital’s infrastructure facilities has been hit.’

Russian strikes have pummeled Ukraine in an onslaught that has caused widespread blackouts and deprived millions of Ukrainians of electricity, heat and water.

The liberation of the area marked a major battlefield gain, while the evacuations now highlight the difficulties the country is facing following heavy Russian shelling of its power infrastructure as winter weather sets in.

People are no longer afraid to leave home or worried that contact with Russian soldiers might lead to a prison or torture cell.

Criminal and forensics investigators are rushing to document evidence of executions and torture on the part of Russian troops, digging up bodies and coaxing traumatized witnesses to come forward.

Since the war began, Poland has been aiding Ukraine and millions of its refugees. But after a recent missile strike, the country is feeling vulnerable.

Move comes the same day United Nations announce Russia and Ukraine brokered a deal to extend grain agreement ahead of its expiration Saturday.

The NATO chief and the president of Poland both say there are no indications a missile that came down in Polish farmland, killing 2 people, was a deliberate attack.