KYIV —
More than 500 Ukrainian localities remained without power Sunday following
weeks of
Russian airstrikes on the electric grid, an interior ministry official
said.
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“The enemy continues to attack the country’s
essential infrastructure. Currently, 507 localities in eight regions of our
country are cut off from electricity supplies,” deputy interior minister
Yevgueny Yenin told Ukrainian television.
“The Kharkiv region is the worst hit with 112
isolated villages,” Yenin added.
Another 90 villages were cut off in the Donetsk and
Kherson regions, he said, with others in the regions of
Mykolaiv, Zaporizhzhia,
and Lugansk.
On Saturday, Ukrainian authorities — including
Mykolaiv region governor Vitali Kim — had once again urged civilians to bear up
in the face of continually deteriorating early winter conditions and regular
power outages.
Repeated daily power cuts have left millions of
people without heat or lighting while outside temperatures have dropped below
0°C in recent days.
With further strikes on the network widely expected,
Ukrainians fear a difficult prolonged winter as well as a flood of departures
by refugees from a war now into a tenth month.
Private Ukrainian energy operator DTEK said Thursday
that nearly half of Ukraine’s electricity grid remains damaged after Russia
began targeting Ukrainian energy facilities in October following a series of
military setbacks on the ground.
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