Russia cuts power to more than 600,000 in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast as Zelenskyy says the strikes aim to squeeze Ukraine before talks
Russia is hitting power and heat across Ukraine with winter weeks away, and Kyiv says Moscow treats diplomacy as one more way to attack.
On 8 November, Russia launched a series of missile and drone attacks on Ukraine, targeting power facilities across multiple oblasts, leaving over 600,000 customers without electricity in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast alone. The Kh-59/69 guided missiles and 164 Shahed-type drones struck 23 locations, with one drone killing a person in a Dnipro suburb.
Russian shelling killed one person in Odesa. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated that the strikes aim to weaken Ukraine before talks. Russia has been waging a campaign against Ukraine's cities and infrastructure, with nearly 2,000 guided bombs and more than 3,000 attack drones fired at Ukrainian cities in the past week. Zelenskyy attributed the escalation to diplomacy, aiming to build pressure on Ukraine and its partners before negotiations.
Dnipropetrovsk Oblast was the hardest hit, with more than 600,000 customers in five districts losing power. Hospitals switched to generators, and emergency blackouts followed in several other oblasts. Strikes also led to fires in warehouses and transportation facilities.
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