Russian attacks on energy infrastructure have left tens of thousands without power in eastern Ukraine. Meanwhile, a Ukrainian drone attack has set an oil tanker ablaze in a Russian Black Sea port. DW has the latest.
Ukraine’s Donetsk region without power after Russian attacks — governor
Ukrainian authorities were working to restore power to Donetsk after Russian attacks on infrastructure caused outages, regional governor Vadym Filashkin said on Sunday. The claim could not be independently verified, as most of the eastern region of Donetsk is controlled by Russian troops.
Russian forces have stepped up attacks on Ukraine’s power grid in recent weeks as winter draws near.
Another regional governor, Ivan Fedorov, earlier reported that nearly 60,000 people in the southeastern Zaporizhizhia region were left without power after Russian airstrikes.
At least 2 killed in Ukraine’s Odesa after Russian drone attack
Russian drone bombing has killed at least two in Ukraine’s Odesa region, Ukrainian authorities said Sunday.
According to the State Emergency Service, the two people died after Russian drones hit in the early hours of Sunday morning.
Regional Governor Oleh Kiper said that three others were injured.
Ukrainian drones hit oil tanker in Russian Black Sea port
A Ukrainian drone attack sparked a fire on an oil tanker stationed in the Black Sea port of Tuapse, Russian civil protection authorities reported on Sunday.
The attack also damaged the oil transfer terminal, and two civilian ships flying foreign flags, Russian officials said. The tanker’s crew was evacuated.
Images published on Telegram showed three fires in the Tuapse port, which lies south-east of the Crimean Peninsula.
Source: https://www.dw.com/en/ukraine-russia-targets-energy-grid-thousands-without-power/live-74589643