Russian drone attacks cause massive power outages, says Ukraine

More than 100,000 Ukrainian homes have been left without power by the most Russian drone attacks against energy infrastructure, said Ukraine President Volodimir Zelenski.

The regions of Poltava, Sums and Chernihiv are affected, Zelenski said in a TELEGRAM publication.

The Energy Ministry of Ukraine said it was a continuation of Moscow’s policy to destroy civil infrastructure before winter. Last year Ukraine said Russia had destroyed Half of its capacity to generate electricityS

But recently the Ukrainian blows hit too Russian refineries and oil depotS

In her post on Wednesday, Zelenski said Russia had carried out almost 100 drones attacks overnight. Energy facilities were the main goals, but a school in the Harciw area and a building with a tall building in heron were also hit, he said.

“New steps are needed to put pressure on Russia to stop strikes and really guarantee security. We work with partners for such pressure,” Zelenski added.

Three and a half years after the full -scale invasion of Russia in Ukraine, the battle of the Earth shows no signs of retreat.

On Tuesday, an Ukrainian military official admitted that The Russian forces had passed in the area of ​​Denpropetrovsk For the first time – but he said the advance was stopped.

Moscow has not claimed Denpropetrovsk, unlike Donetsk and the four other eastern regions of Ukraine.

On Wednesday, the Ministry of Defense of Russia said its troops seized a village in Donetsk. Although the Russian forces have suffered high casualties, they have made recent profits in the region.

The latest international efforts to end the fire in Ukraine were started by US President Donald Trump earlier this month. He met with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in Alaska and Zelenski with European leaders in Washington.

Trump was Pressing for the meeting on the top of Putin-ZelenskiS The President of Ukraine supported this move, but he sought guarantees of security from Western allies to prevent a future Russian attack in the event of a peaceful deal.

On Tuesday, Zelenski met with the head of the British Armed Forces, AD, Sir Tony Radakin in Kiev, as the United Kingdom would be ready to put troops on earth after the hostilities ended.

Also on Tuesday, German Chancellor Friedrich Mertz said that Ukraine’s security guarantees would allow first and foremost to allow the Ukrainian army to defend his country in the long run.