Ukraine\u0027s electricity grid operator warned of hours\u002Dlong power outages Friday as Russia zeroed in on Ukraine\u0027s energy infrastructure.
Grid operator Ukrenergo said outages could last for several hours with colder temperatures putting additional pressure on energy networks.Sign up to receive daily headline news from the Calgary SUN, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. You may unsubscribe any time by clicking on the unsubscribe link at the bottom of our emails. Postmedia Network Inc.
Moscow’s attacks on Ukraine’s energy and power facilities in the past weeks have left millions without heating and electricity, fueling fears of what the dead of winter will bring. Energy infrastructure had again been targeted Thursday after Russia two days earlier unleashed a nationwide barrage of more than 100 missiles and drones that knocked out power to 10 million people.
In Nikopol, located across the Dnieper River from the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, 40 Russian missiles damaged several high-rise buildings, private houses, outbuildings and a power line. The Russian Defense Ministry also said that Ukrainian troops were pushed back from Yahidne in Ukraine’s eastern Kharkiv province, and Kuzemivka in the neighboring Luhansk province. Donetsk and Luhansk were among the four Ukrainian provinces illegally annexed by Moscow in September, together with Kherson and Zaporizhzhia.
A lighting Ukrainian counteroffensive in September reclaimed the Kharkiv region and pushed Russian forces back toward the Donbas, the country’s eastern industrial heartland, and regain strategically located cities including Izium and Kupiansk. Despite the hardship, a small sign of a return to normality was news that the first train from the capital Kyiv to Kherson would be departing Friday night. Ukraine’s state rail network Ukrzaliznytsia said around 200 passengers will travel on the train — the first in nine months.Article content
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