A Russian drone attack damaged power infrastructure in several Ukrainian regions overnight, Ukraine’s energy ministry said on Thursday.<\/p>\n
The ministry said a “significant number” of households in the \u2060Volyn and Odesa regions – in northwestern and southwestern Ukraine, respectively – were disconnected from power supplies by the \u2060strike, as well as some in the Chernihiv region north of the capital Kyiv.<\/p>\n
The governor of Volyn said more than 103,000 households in that region had \u2060lost power as a result of the attack. Volyn region is several hundred kilometers from the front line and borders NATO member Poland.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, the Ilskiy oil refinery in Russia’s southern Krasnodar region was hit by debris from a Ukrainian drone, causing a fire which \u2060had been put out overnight, local authorities said on Thursday.<\/p>\n
Ukrainian drones also struck an energy storage facility in the Russian city of Almetyevsk, causing a fire that has since \u2060been extinguished, Russian media cited the press service of the local governor as saying.<\/p>\n
Almetyevsk \u2060is located around 1,700 km from Ukrainian-held territory, in the oil-rich Volga river region of Tatarstan.<\/p>\n
Kyiv has since August stepped \u2060up drone attacks on Russia’s energy infrastructure in an effort to squeeze Moscow’s ability to finance its military campaign in Ukraine.<\/p>\n
The Russian-installed governor of Ukraine’s southern Kherson region accused Ukraine on Thursday of killing at least 24 people, including a child, in a drone strike on a hotel and cafe where New Year celebrations were being held.<\/p>\n
The governor, Vladimir Saldo, made the allegation in a statement on the Telegram messaging service. A local pro-Russian news outlet published pictures of a badly damaged building, where it said the strike took place.<\/p>\n
Ukraine’s military did not immediately respond to an emailed request for comment. Reuters was not able to \u2060immediately verify the images or the allegation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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