Russian strikes leave 600,000 without power in Dnipropetrovsk region as cold sets in
Attacks on the power system in Ukraine's Dnipropetrovsk region on 8 November cut electricity to more than 600,000 consumers, forced hospitals onto generators and halted electric transport in Dnipro; the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant briefly lost its last external power line.
Russian attacks on the power grid in Ukraine’s eastern Dnipropetrovsk region left about 600,000 people without electricity on Sunday, 8 November, RFE/RL reported, citing regional military chief Oleksandr Hanzha.
Hanzha said hospitals had been forced to switch to diesel generators and electric public transport had stopped in Dnipro. According to The War Record’s summary of official statements, he said nearly 40 attacks on six districts killed two people and injured seven.
Overnight barrage
Ukraine’s armed forces said Russia attacked overnight with three Kh-59/69 guided missiles and 164 strike drones, of which 137 were intercepted. President Volodymyr Zelensky reported “widespread power outages across the country”, adding that in the Zhytomyr region alone 140 apartment buildings were left without heating.
Nuclear plant
Ukraine’s nuclear operator Energoatom said the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant lost its last external power line early on 8 November and was receiving off-site power again by evening, according to The War Record.
Zelensky accused Russia of stepping up strikes to pressure Kyiv ahead of US-brokered talks in Abu Dhabi on 10–11 November.
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