Russia has reached power distribution plants in the centre and south

A Ukraine accused Russia of attacks, during the last morning, against energy infrastructure in the Ukrainian regions of Dnipropetrovsk (central-east) and Odessa (south), using drones and causing new power cuts that affected tens of thousands of people.

In Dnipropetrovsk, the head of the Defence Council of the city of Krivoy Rog, Oleksandr Vilkul, classified the Russian attack on the electrical system facilities as “very strong”.

The same Ukrainian official explained that local authorities needed to use generators to prevent the interruption of supply services and the distribution of drinking water.

The energy sector experts warned of the risk of a collapse in supply systems in Ukraine due to the intensity at which Russia has attacked the country’s power grid.

In the Odessa region, at least 135,000 people ran out of electricity after Russia bombed energy distribution infrastructure in the regional capital and southern districts of the region.

The information was released by Governor Oleg Kiper, who added that a 70-year-old woman died following the Russian attacks.

According to publications in Chisinau, the capital of Moldova, two Russian devices — a missile and a drone — entered the airspace of the neighbouring Ukraine during the offensive by Russian forces against the Odessa region.

The Ukrainian Air Force reports indicated that during the last night Russian forces launched 163 long-range drones against Ukrainian territory.

Of these, 144 unmanned aerial devices were neutralized by Ukraine's defences.

The drones that were not intercepted directly hit 17 locations in the country, which were not specified by the Ukrainian Air Force.

Russia invaded Ukraine in 2014, annexing the Crimean Peninsula, and launched a large-scale offensive against the entire Ukrainian territory in February 2022.