Russian overnight strikes leave 850,000 without power in Ukraine

Russian attacks on energy infrastructure in Ukraine overnight left about 850,000 people without power across the country, Euronews and Al Jazeera reported on Sunday. Ukrainian energy provider DTEK said Russian forces executed a massive attack against energy facilities in the eastern Dnipropetrovsk region. Al Jazeera reported that the strikes affected power infrastructure in Dnipropetrovsk and Kharkiv. [1][2]

More than 600,000 residents in the Dnipropetrovsk region lost electricity following the strikes, according to both Euronews and Al Jazeera. DTEK stated in a Telegram message that the outages affected the city of Dnipro as well as the Pavlohrad, Kamianske, and Dnipro districts. Euronews added that the Samar district was affected, while Al Jazeera identified the area as the Samarivskyi district. Power company engineers were attempting to repair the damaged facilities, Al Jazeera said. [1][2]

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Russian forces launched a drone strike on Komyshuvakha, targeting the location of a recent bombing, Euronews reported. Rescuers have been conducting search operations at the site, where a previous attack killed at least 55 people on Monday. [1]

Volodymyr Zelenskyy has served as the sixth president of Ukraine since 2019, leading the nation throughout the full-scale invasion that began in February 2022. As FTMQ News reported earlier, Russian strikes have repeatedly targeted Ukrainian power infrastructure, while Ukrainian aid distribution sites have also suffered civilian casualties. [10][12][13]