Streets of Ukraine's Lviv plunge into darkness after Russian strikes target energy grid

LVIV, UKRAINE - OCT. 17: Streets of Ukraine's Lviv plunged into darkness following Russian strikes massive Russian strikes targeting the country's energy infrastructure, on Saturday, Oct. 17.

People walked along dark streets during a power outage amid dropping temperatures, as emergency blackouts take effect in the city.

Russian forces launched a massive, combined-arms assault across several regions of Ukraine overnight on Oct. 17, with the country's energy sector targeted as winter approaches.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky stated that Russian forces inflicted one of the heaviest blows to the national energy grid to date.

"The energy sector was the primary target of today's attack," Zelensky noted, as authorities introduced nationwide emergency power outage schedules to stabilize the grid.