Two entire Ukrainian regions were plunged into darkness in freezing temperatures late on Wednesday, leaving more than 1mn households without power, after Russian drone strikes triggered one of the biggest energy blackouts of the war.
Strikes in the Zaporizhzhia and Dnipropetrovsk regions in south-eastern Ukraine instantly triggered cuts to water and heating supply. Temperatures have dropped across the country and could reach minus 20 this week.
“This is the first total blackout for the entire region in recent years,” the head of the Zaporizhzhia military administration Ivan Fedorov wrote on Telegram on Thursday morning.
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