More than 600,000 left with no power in Ukraine after strikes, authorities say

Russian strikes have left more than 600,000 people without power in Ukraine, according to authorities. The Dnipropetrovsk region alone has seen over 600,000 residents without power following a night attack that damaged key energy facilities. Power company DTEK is working to restore electricity but faces challenges due to repeated attacks.

In the Kharkiv region, nearly 250,000 customers were left without power after a Russian drone struck a critical infrastructure facility. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy attributed the widespread power outages to Russian strikes carried out at night. In Zhytomyr, temperatures hovered around freezing, and 140 apartment buildings were left without heating following a Russian attack.

Zelenskyy also revealed that Russia had launched a drone attack at Komyshuvakha, a village in the Zaporizhzhia region, where an aid distribution center was hit on Monday, resulting in at least 55 deaths, though the initial emergency services report suggested 50 fatalities.

The strikes occurred the day after Ukraine's energy ministry reported a massive attack on energy facilities, plunging residents in five regions into darkness and significantly hindering electricity transmission in Kyiv.