Russian strikes cut power as Oleshky truce ends
Russian attacks on energy sites in four regions left hundreds of thousands of Ukrainian households without power, as a six-day local ceasefire around occupied Oleshky came to an end.
Russian strikes on Ukraine's energy system left hundreds of thousands of households without electricity on Sunday, President Volodymyr Zelensky said, as both sides kept up long-range attacks.
Zelensky said Russia had hit power facilities in four regions overnight. He said the strikes were very intense and accused Moscow of trying to take advantage of Ukraine's shortage of interceptors for ballistic missiles, and he urged partners to send more air defense systems. Ukraine's air force said it shot down 371 of 433 long-range drones launched by Russia since Saturday evening.
Ukraine, meanwhile, said it struck a plant in Russia's Rostov region that it said makes missiles. A Russian regional governor said a large Ukrainian drone attack caused significant damage to an industrial site in the Nizhny Novgorod region, home to one of Russia's biggest oil refineries. Russia's Defense Ministry said it downed 235 Ukrainian drones overnight. Moscow has accused Kyiv of ignoring a U.S. request to stop hitting Russian refineries. Ukraine says it supports a full ceasefire on energy targets but that Russia will not agree.
A six-day local ceasefire around the Russian-occupied town of Oleshky, in the Kherson region, ended on Sunday evening. The truce, which the United States helped arrange, allowed aid deliveries and the evacuation of some of the roughly 2,000 civilians who were in the town. Fighting continued elsewhere along the front line.
This summary is original reporting by tehworldnews, written after checking the facts against several major international news outlets and official statements.