Hundreds of thousands without power in Ukraine after repeated Russian air strikes

Emergency repair teams in Ukraine are working to restore electricity after a second consecutive night of Russian missile and drone strikes targeted critical energy infrastructure in eastern regions.

Ukrainian authorities and power operator DTEK reported that more than 600,000 people lost power in the Dnipropetrovsk region, alongside approximately 250,000 in Kharkiv. The widespread outages have heightened fears of severe disruptions to heating and water supplies as winter temperatures fall. Additionally, the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant was forced onto emergency diesel generators to cool its reactors after its main external power supply was cut.

Russia's Ministry of Defence acknowledged targeting Ukrainian energy facilities and a commercial container ship during the strikes.

Sources: France24, La Tribune, Libération, ORF, Tagesschau