By JOHN LEICESTER, The Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A Russian missile barrage on Ukraine’s power grid sent the war spilling over into neighboring countries Tuesday, hitting NATO member Poland and cutting power to much of Moldova. It was Russia’s largest barrage to date and some of the missiles crossed into Poland, where two people were killed, according to a US official. It was the first time in the war that Russian weapons landed in a NATO country. Polish government spokesman Piotr Mueller did not immediately confirm the report from a senior US intelligence official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitive nature of the situation. But Mueller said top leaders were holding an emergency meeting because of a “crisis situation”. Polish media reported that two people were killed on Tuesday afternoon after a projectile hit an area where grain was being dried in Przewodów, a Polish village near the border with Ukraine. Neighboring Moldova was also affected. It reported massive power outages after the strikes knocked out a key power line supplying the small nation, an official said. Zelensky said Russia had fired at least 85 missiles, most of which targeted the country’s electricity facilities and shut down several cities. Firefighters of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine work to put out a fire at the site of a Russian bombing in Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2022. Strikes hit residential buildings in the heart of Ukraine’s capital on Tuesday, authorities said. (AP Photo/Andrew Kravchenko)AP “We are working, we will restore everything. We will survive everything,” the president promised. His energy minister said the attack was the “most massive” bombing of power facilities in the nearly nine-month Russian invasion, which hit both power generation and transmission systems. Video released by a presidential aide shows a five-story, apparently residential building in Kyiv burning, with flames licking up the apartments. Klitschko said air defense units also shot down some missiles. Dutch Foreign Minister Wopke Hoekstra went to a bomb shelter in Kyiv after meeting his Ukrainian counterpart and, on the security side, described the bombing as “a huge motivation to continue standing shoulder to shoulder” with Ukraine . “There can only be one answer, and that is: Carry on. Continue to support Ukraine, continue to deliver weapons, continue to work for accountability, continue to work for humanitarian aid,” he said.
