Russian strikes cut heat, water, and power for large parts of Ukraine

The Hindu
The Hindu
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Russian strikes overnight left more than one million people in Ukraine’s Dnipropetrovsk region without water supplies or heating, and a large-scale drone attack also knocked out power in the Zaporizhzhia region.
Russian strikes cut heat, water, and power for large parts of Ukraine
A What happened
Russian strikes overnight left more than one million people in the Dnipropetrovsk region without water supplies or heating as temperatures dipped below freezing. The state grid operator Ukrenergo said a large-scale Russian drone attack knocked out power in the Zaporizhzhia region, leaving thousands without electricity or heating. Restoration Minister Oleksiy Kuleba said repair work continued in Dnipropetrovsk to restore heat and water supply for over a million subscribers. Zaporizhzhia governor Ivan Fedorov said electricity was restored to key facilities but most consumers were still without power.

Key insights

  • 1

    Kyiv and allies call the energy strikes a deliberate strategy: Kyiv and its allies call the intensified strikes on Ukraine’s energy sites a deliberate strategy to wear down the civilian population.

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    Ukraine targets Russian energy infrastructure: Kyiv has struck Russian oil depots and refineries, seeking to cut off Russia’s energy exports and trigger fuel shortages.

Takeaways

More than one million people in Dnipropetrovsk and thousands in Zaporizhzhia faced outages as repair work continued and power restoration remained incomplete for most consumers.

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