Over 1 million in Ukraine lose electricity after Russia strikes energy infrastructure
Kyiv and its allies say Moscow aims to cripple Ukraine’s power grid to deny residents access to light, heat and running water
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Saturday that Russian nighttime strikes damaged energy infrastructure across Ukraine, as US-led peace talks on halting the war press on.
“It is important that everyone now sees what Russia is doing … for this is clearly not about ending the war,” Zelensky said on social media, adding: “They still aim to destroy our state and inflict maximum pain on our people.”
He said Russia had sent over 450 drones and 30 missiles into Ukraine overnight.
Ukrainian Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko said that over a million people were without electricity.
An attack on the Black Sea city of Odesa caused grain silos to catch fire at the port, according to Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister and Reconstruction Minister Oleksiy Kuleba.
The strikes also damaged energy infrastructure in settlements across the region, he said.