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RUSIA Russian strikes cut power to more than 600,000 people in Dnipropetrovsk
The assault hit Ukraine’s power grid in the east and also knocked out electricity at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant. Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged tougher sanctions ahead of new U.S.-brokered talks.
Russian attacks on Ukraine’s power grid left more than 600,000 people without electricity in the southeastern Dnipropetrovsk region, according to energy provider DTEK as reported by POLITICO Europe. France 24 also said hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians were left without power after strikes on the country’s energy infrastructure.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy denounced an overnight strike on the Dnipro region and said outages were widespread across the country. According to POLITICO Europe, repair work was underway in affected cities and communities.
Regional governor Oleksandr Hanzha, cited by that outlet, said crews were trying to restore electricity under constant shelling and that hospitals and critical infrastructure were relying on generators.
POLITICO Europe added that the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant also lost power overnight. The International Atomic Energy Agency said the site was then relying on emergency diesel generators for reactor cooling and other essential safety and security functions.
The strikes came ahead of another round of U.S.-brokered peace talks in Abu Dhabi. After the latest wave of attacks, Zelenskyy called on international partners to tighten sanctions on Russia to limit its ability to obtain or produce more missiles, according to POLITICO Europe.
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