Power blackouts across Ukraine amid Russian shelling
Source: AP
By ANDREW MELDRUM
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) Ukraines state electricity operator on Saturday announced blackouts in Kyiv and seven other regions of the country in the aftermath of Russias devastating strikes on energy infrastructure.
The move comes as Russian forces continue to pound Ukrainian cities and villages with missiles and drones, inflicting damage on power plants, water supplies and other civilian targets, in a grinding war that is nearing its nine-month mark.
Russia has denied that the drones it has used in Ukraine came from Iran, but the Islamic Republics foreign minister on Saturday for the first time acknowledged supplying Moscow with a limited number of drones before the invasion. Hossein Amirabdollahian claimed, however, that Tehran didnt know if its drones were used against Ukraine and stated Irans commitment to stopping the conflict.
Ukrenergo, the sole operator of Ukraines high-voltage transmission lines, initially said in a an online statement Saturday that scheduled blackouts will take place in the capital and the greater Kyiv region, as well as several regions around it Chernihiv, Cherkasy, Zhytomyr, Sumy, Poltava and Kharkiv.
A man sits in a caffe during a blackout in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Nov. 4, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrew Kravchenko)
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