The Russian-occupied part of the Ukrainian Zaporizhia region has been left without electricity after a large-scale Ukrainian attack on energy infrastructure, the Moscow-appointed governor of the region, Yevgeny Balitsky, announced, quoted by Reuters, BTA reported.
According to him, the power went out twice this morning. Earlier, emergency teams managed to restore power supply to about 50% of the affected territory.
"Objects of social importance are connected to backup power sources. "The generators are working, providing heat supply and maintaining the functioning of strategic infrastructure," Balitsky wrote on Telegram.
A fuel tank caught fire in the Russian-controlled part of Ukraine's Luhansk region after a Ukrainian drone attack on an oil base, Moscow-appointed governor Leonid Pasechnik said.
The Russian Defense Ministry said that air defense systems had intercepted and destroyed 86 Ukrainian drones over Russian regions and the Crimean peninsula overnight.