Russian strikes cut power to hundreds of thousands, hit Ukraine aid centre

KYIV, Nov 8: Russian strikes on Ukraine's energy infrastructure cut power to hundreds of thousands of homes Sunday, authorities said, while a new drone hit a village humanitarian aid centre attacked this week where rescuers are still digging out bodies.

Ukraine is bracing for a harsh new winter of war as Russia ramps up daily aerial barrages, raining down drones and missiles on the power network.

In the central Dnipropetrovsk region, "more than 600,000 residents of the region have been left without power," power company DTEK said on Telegram after a "night attack has damaged important energy facilities".

It said the company was working to restore electricity but the task was "complicated by repeated attacks".

In another strike, a Russian drone hit "a critical infrastructure facility" in the northeastern Kharkiv region, the mayor of Zlatopil city, MykolaBaksheyev, said on social media.

"Nearly 250,000 customers in the Kharkiv region were left without power," Baksheyev said.

Repair works were underway but "the exact time for restoring power supply is still unknown," he added.

President Volodymyr Zelensky said the night-time strikes had triggered "widespread power outages across the country".�" AFP