Russian strikes leave hundreds of thousands without power

Russian strikes on Ukrainian energy infrastructure left more than 600,000 people in Dnipropetrovsk region without electricity and nearly 250,000 customers in Kharkiv region without power, according to Ukrainian officials and energy provider DTEK. Repair crews were working in both regions on Sunday, November 8, but no restoration timetable was given for Kharkiv, and DTEK said repeated attacks were complicating work in Dnipropetrovsk.

DTEK said an overnight attack damaged energy facilities in Dnipropetrovsk. The outages affected the city of Dnipro and districts including Pavlohrad, Samarivskyi, Kamianske and Dnipro, the company said. Engineers were at the damaged facility attempting to restore electricity.

In Kharkiv region, Zlatopil Mayor Mykola Baksheyev said a strike on an infrastructure facility had left nearly 250,000 customers without power. Repair work was underway, he said, but the time needed to restore supply was unknown. Baksheyev also said no casualties had been reported in the strike.

Ukraine’s Ministry of Energy said an attack the previous day had disrupted energy facilities in five regions and significantly hampered electricity transmission in Kyiv. The ministry’s...