Russia launched overnight drone and ballistic missile attacks on Ukraine on Thursday, causing further damage to the country’s energy infrastructure and leaving tens of thousands of residents without heating, electricity, and water in Kyiv, Dnipro, and Odesa, authorities said.
The strike is part of Russia’s intensified winter campaign against Ukraine’s power grid, leading to prolonged blackouts and freezing temperatures in major cities, reports Reuters.
In Kyiv alone, approximately 3,500 residential buildings were left without heating on Thursday after the latest attack disrupted power supply to nearly 2,600 high-rise buildings, in addition to 1,100 already affected by previous strikes, said Mayor Vitali Klitschko.
More than 100,000 households were left without electricity, according to private energy company DTEK, which stated that one of its thermal power plants was targeted, though it did not disclose the location.
