Russia Strikes Ukraine’s Power Sector as Allies Draft Peace Plan
Restaurant workers refuel a generator during a power outage following Russian attacks, in Kyiv, on Dec. 30.
Photographer: Zinchenko/Global Images Ukraine/Getty Images
Russia’s latest strikes on Ukraine’s energy facilities have left hundreds of thousands without power and heating during a cold winter, as Kyiv and Washington continue to negotiate a framework for peace.
The country’s fourth-largest city of Dnipro and its surrounding region, as well as neighboring Zaporizhzhia region, came under a massive Russian drone and missile attack on Wednesday, according to local authorities. Ukraine’s biggest private energy company DTEK said the resulting power outages affected around 600,000 households in the Dnipropetrovsk region. Zaporizhzhia region faced a total blackout, its governor Ivan Fedorov said in a Telegram post.