Russian strikes on Ukraine leave hundreds of thousands without electricity
Summary
Russian overnight strikes on energy facilities left more than 600,000 people without electricity in Ukraine’s Dnipropetrovsk region and another 250,000 without power in the Kharkiv region. Repair crews are working, but the timing of electricity restoration is unclear in Kharkiv, and repeated attacks are complicating repairs in Dnipropetrovsk.Key Facts
- Ukraine’s energy provider DTEK reported outages across several districts in Dnipropetrovsk region, including the city of Dnipro.
- DTEK said engineers were trying to repair the damaged facility, but repeated attacks were making the work harder.
- A strike on infrastructure in Kharkiv region left about 250,000 people without power.
- Zlatopil Mayor Mykola Baksheyev said no casualties had been reported there and that officials could not yet estimate when power would return.
- Ukraine’s Energy Ministry said the previous day’s attack affected energy facilities in five regions and disrupted electricity transmission in Kyiv.
- President Volodymyr Zelenskyy accused Russia of escalating attacks ahead of U.S.-brokered talks scheduled in Abu Dhabi for Tuesday and Wednesday.
- Russia’s Ministry of Defence said its forces would continue strikes on Ukrainian fuel and energy infrastructure that it says supports the Ukrainian military.
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