Russian strikes hit energy sites in four Ukrainian regions, hundreds of thousands of families without power: Zelenskyy
Russian strikes against Ukrainian energy infrastructure have left thousands of households without electricity, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Sunday. He said that overnight alone, energy infrastructure came under Russian attack in four regions of the country.
Zelenskyy wrote on social media that the regions attacked were Dnipro, Vinnytsia, Zhytomyr and Khmelnytskyi. Substations, transformers and power lines that supply electricity to people's homes were targeted, he said.
'As of now, hundreds of thousands of families remain without power,' Zelenskyy added, noting that the 'intensity of the strikes is extremely high.'
Zelenskyy's remarks came as Moscow reported 'significant damage' to an industrial facility in Russia's Nizhny Novgorod region. The region's governor, Gleb Nikitin, wrote on Telegram on Sunday that a 'massive' drone attack occurred overnight and in the morning in the Nizhny Novgorod region, and that more than a hundred drones were destroyed.
According to Nikitin, preliminary reports indicated there were no casualties. However, an industrial facility in the Kstovsky district sustained 'significant damage'. He added that during the restoration process, temporary power outages and reduced hot water and heating services are possible in certain sections of the utility networks supplying residential buildings.
Nikitin did not specify which industrial facility had been attacked. The NORSI oil refinery is located in the region.
On Friday, the local governor of Russia's Samara region blamed Ukraine for an early morning drone attack that struck an oil refinery in Novokuibyshevsk city.
The Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday that Kyiv agreed to pause strikes on Russian oil refineries until after the US midterm elections on November 3, under pressure from US President Donald Trump.
Ukraine had previously paused drone strikes on Russian oil refineries for 72 hours when Trump announced an energy ceasefire in October, but the Kremlin continued to bombard Ukrainian energy infrastructure.
