Russian strikes hit energy infrastructure in Ukraine as Kherson ceasefire ends
President Volodymyr Zelensky said overnight attacks left hundreds of thousands without electricity across four regions while a humanitarian truce in Kherson expires.
Russian strikes on energy infrastructure in four regions of Ukraine left hundreds of thousands of people without power between Saturday and Sunday, according to BBC News.
President Volodymyr Zelensky said the intensity of these attacks has been very high over the last week. He stated that Russia is attempting to exploit a lack of ballistic missile interceptors.
In the Vinnytsia region, an overnight strike killed two people, including a 13-year-old girl, the State Emergency Service of Ukraine reported. Meanwhile, Zelensky said Ukraine hit a missile fuel producer in Russia's Rostov region, causing a fire and damaging four facilities.
In the Dnipropetrovsk region, the governor said more than 60,000 people remained without power by early evening, though most connections had been restored. Emergency power cuts and water disruptions have been implemented across the country, including in Kyiv.
A humanitarian ceasefire in the Kherson region, which allowed civilians to evacuate the occupied city of Oleshky, was scheduled to end at 22:59 Ukrainian time on Sunday. The truce was brokered with help from US First Lady Melania Trump and Pope Leo XIV.
Ukraine's human rights ombudsman, Dmytro Lubinets, said evacuees from Oleshky included people aged between one and 94 years old. The truce allowed residents to leave the city, which had been facing shortages of food, water, and electricity.