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Ukraine says overnight Russian drone attack damaged power infrastructure

BAKU, Azerbaijan, January 1. A Russian drone attack damaged power infrastructure ​in several Ukrainian regions overnight, Ukraine’s energy ministry said on Thursday, TurkicWorld reports via Arab News.

The ministry said a “significant ‌number” of ‌households ‌in the ⁠Volyn ​and ‌Odesa regions — in northwestern and southwestern Ukraine, respectively — were disconnected from power supplies by the ⁠strike, as well ‌as some in ‍the ‍Chernihiv region ‍north of the capital Kyiv.

The governor of Volyn said more ​than 103,000 households in that region had ⁠lost power as a result of the attack. Volyn region is several hundred kilometers from the front line and borders NATO member ‌Poland.

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