Chernihiv, Ukraine. Russian attacks damaged two energy facilities in Ukraine’s northern Chernihiv region, leaving close to 212,000 consumers without power, according to a regional electricity distribution company.
Power outages in Chernihiv region
Chernihivoblenergo said nearly 150,000 consumers in the city of Chernihiv and the surrounding district were without power after a Russian attack damaged an energy facility in the Chernihiv district.
The company later said close to another 62,000 consumers lost power in three other districts after an attack on an energy facility in the Nizhynskyi district.
Drone attack overnight
Ukraine’s air force said Russia launched 147 drones at the country overnight, of which 121 were downed or neutralised.
Energy infrastructure targeted
Russia has targeted Ukrainian energy facilities throughout the war, causing regular, hours-long blackouts across the country.
Ukraine has also targeted Russia’s energy system, particularly oil refineries, depots and transport terminals.
Recent outages and neighbouring Kyiv region
Chernihiv was badly hit by power outages over the winter as Russia carried out what was described as its biggest bombing campaign of the four-year war against Ukraine’s electricity grid.
An earlier attack on Saturday left much of the region without power.
Close to 21,000 residents of the town of Slavutych in the neighbouring Kyiv region were also temporarily without power after a morning attack, the regional governor said on Telegram.
The governor said critical infrastructure had been switched to backup power supplies.
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