Russia hits Ukraine's energy infrastructure: Zelensky
A wave of overnight Russian drone strikes struck critical energy infrastructure across Ukraine, cutting electricity to roughly 280,000 households across the Kyiv and Dnipropetrovsk regions, President Volodymyr Zelensky announced on Saturday as emergency crews worked to restore damaged power transmission lines.
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- Reuters
- Published Date: 04:36 PM 31 October 2026
Russian drones struck Ukraine's energy facilities in overnight attacks, knocking out electricity supplies to about 280,000 Ukrainian families in the Kyiv and Dnipropetrovsk regions, President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Saturday.
"These Russian strikes have created a difficult situation with electricity supplies across our regions," Zelensky said on the Telegram app. "The world sees that Russia is deliberately targeting civilian infrastructure every day. Everyone who does not want to see this Russian escalation spread further into Europe must help Ukraine."
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