Power restored in Kyiv after major Russian attacks on energy grid

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over 800,000 inhabitants Kyiv they had Power Restored on Saturday, Large parts of the country were plunged into darkness after widespread Russian attacks on the country’s power grid.

dtech, ukraineThe largest private energy company confirmed on Saturday that “the main work of restoring power supply” has been completed. However some localized outages continued in the capital in the wake of Friday’s “large-scale” Russian attacks.

Russian drone and missile attacks on Friday morning injured at least 20 people in Kiev, damaged residential properties and caused blackouts in significant parts of Ukraine.

Prime Minister Yulia Sviridenko described the attack as “one of the largest concentrated attacks” against Ukraine’s critical energy infrastructure.

Russia’s Defense Ministry said on Friday its strikes had targeted energy facilities supplying Ukraine’s military, without specifying the location.

It confirmed the use of Kinjal hypersonic missiles and strike drones in the operation.

Emergency services workers work to extinguish a fire following the Russian attack in Kiev, Ukraine

Emergency services workers work to extinguish a fire following the Russian attack in Kiev, Ukraine ,Associated Press/Dan Bashakov,

The country’s energy sector has been a key battleground since Russia’s full-scale offensive began three years ago.

Every year, Russia has tried to paralyze the Ukrainian power grid before the harsh winter season, apparently hoping to depress public morale. Winter temperatures last from late October to March, with January and February being the coldest months.

Ukraine’s air force said on Saturday its air defenses intercepted or jammed 54 of 78 Russian drones launched against Ukraine overnight, while Russia’s Defense Ministry said it had shot down 42 Ukrainian drones over Russian territory.

Ukraine's largest private energy company, DTEK, said on Saturday that 'the main work on restoring power supplies' had been completed, but as of Friday

Ukraine’s largest private energy company, DTEK, said on Saturday that the ‘main work of restoring power supplies’ had been completed, but some local outages were still affecting the Ukrainian capital after Friday’s “large-scale” Russian attacks. ,AFP via Getty Images,

The latest round of attacks comes after leaders Britain, France And Germany On Friday they said they had agreed in a phone call to use the value of frozen Russian assets to support Ukraine’s armed forces.

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In a statement published by the German government, the British Prime Minister keir starmerpresident of france Emmanuel Macron and german chancellor Friedrich Merz He said they would work “in close cooperation with” United States of America,

The leaders said the joint action would “increase pressure” on the Russian president. Vladimir Putin and “Bring Russia to the negotiating table.”

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