Oct 12 (Reuters) - Missile strikes by Russia on Monday and Tuesday hit nearly 30% of Ukraine's energy infrastructure, Ukrainian Energy Minister Herman Halushchenko said late on Tuesday evening in an interview with CNN. .The Russians "don't care about all international agreements and conventions", he said, explaining to his country's supporters that the Ukrainians "needed" to protect themselves from these airstrikes.Authorities in Kyiv on Tuesday called on Ukrainians not to use their home appliances to reduce overall electricity consumption as millions of residents face power cuts after Russian attacks on the power grid, an unprecedented scale since the beginning of the Russian offensive at the end of last February.(Reporting in Melbourne by Lidia Kelly; French version Myriam Rivet, editing by Tangi Salaün)click here for restrictions ©2022 ReutersNumber of characters allowed: 500Already registered ?LoginNot registered?Sign up in seconds!Media, bank, management company: display Boursier.com information on your site and bring all the expertise of our journalists to your audience.Communicate with our mainly male and CSP+ audience, 1.3 million Internet users per month© Copyright 1998-2022 Boursier.com.All rights reserved.Site published by Investir Publications.