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Tens of thousands are deprived of electricity in 9 Ukrainian regions


Tens of thousands were deprived of targeted the power grid, killing a child and wounding about thirty people.

escalated Power outages

The Ukrainian electricity company said "ocrinergo" The night strikes caused a power outage "A large number of users" In the capital and nine other regions in the east, south, north and center of the country.

Maxim Timchenko, CEO of the company, said: "DTEK"the largest private company in the sector, said the attack "It represents a serious escalation in Russia’s campaign against Ukraine’s energy system". His company reported "Serious damage to thermal power plants"

A source in the Ukrainian energy sector told Agence France-Presse that electricity was cut off. "Tens of thousands of homes" In Kyiv. He added that due to the cloudy weather, many Russian drones were able to fly "Escape from air defenses".

Plunging the country into darkness

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said "For weeks, the Russians have been doing everything they can to plunge the country into darkness"He again called on the West to hand over additional air defense systems to his country.

The authorities said that the raids resulted in the death of a seven-year-old child in the Zaporizhya region, and the injury of 33 other people.

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