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Russian air strikes on Ukraine killed two people overnight and left thousands of people – and the entire eastern Donetsk region – without power, Ukrainian officials said on Sunday.
Moscow has stepped up missile and drone attacks on Ukraine as winter approaches, knocking out power and forcing emergency workers to quickly repair damage and manage blackouts.
Two deaths occurred in Ukraine’s southern Odessa region, where officials said cargo trucks were attacked, while local officials said about 60,000 residents in the southeastern Zaporizhia region lost power.
Ukraine’s entire eastern Donetsk region, where Russia is advancing on the battlefield, is also experiencing emergency power cuts following attacks on energy infrastructure, Ukrainian Governor Vadim Fylashkin said.
Russian attacks on Ukraine’s energy system have been equated with a forceful invasion aimed at ultimately capturing industrial areas as diplomatic efforts to end the war have stalled.
In a statement, Ukraine’s Energy Ministry said some residents of the northern Chernihiv and northeastern Kharkiv regions also lost power.
The death toll from Russian air strikes is reported separately set fire to a shop The death toll in the Dnipropetrovsk region on Saturday rose to four on Sunday, including two boys aged 11 and 14, the region’s acting governor said.
President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Sunday that Russia had launched about 1,500 attack drones, 1,170 guided aerial bombs and more than 70 missiles against Ukraine last week, including residential buildings and civilian infrastructure.
Both sides deny targeting civilians war Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, but thousands were killed, the majority of whom were Ukrainians.