Russian attacks leave consumers without power in 12 Ukrainian regions, official says

Russian ​attacks on ​energy facilities over ‌the past ​24 hours left some consumers without ‌electricity in 12 Ukrainian regions, Deputy Energy Minister Artem Nekrasov said on Monday. The ‌affected regions are Vinnytsia, Dnipropetrovsk, ‌Donetsk, Zhytomyr, Zaporizhzhia, Kyiv, Odesa, Poltava, Rivne, Kharkiv, Khmelnytskyi and Chernihiv.

"Due to significant damage, ⁠the ​situation ⁠remains most difficult in the Dnipropetrovsk and ⁠Kyiv regions," Nekrasov said. The ministry said Russia ​had deliberately attacked Ukraine's energy and ⁠oil and gas sectors 128 times ⁠over ​the past week. It added that a total of ⁠219 incidents had been recorded that damaged ⁠or ⁠destroyed energy and oil and gas infrastructure.