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Russian air strikes on Ukraine overnight killed two people and left tens of thousands without electricity, including the entire eastern Donetsk region, Ukrainian officials said on Sunday.
Moscow has intensified missile and drone attacks as winter nears, causing widespread power outages and forcing emergency crews to repair damaged infrastructure and manage rolling blackouts.
The fatalities were reported in Ukraine’s southern Odesa region, where officials said cargo trucks came under attack. In the southeastern Zaporizhzhia region, nearly 60,000 residents lost power, according to local authorities.
Zaporizhzhia regional head Ivan Fedorov said two people were injured in the overnight strikes that targeted the front-line area, sharing images on Telegram showing buildings reduced to rubble.
Ukraine’s national energy operator Ukrenergo said Russian attacks on the country’s power grid had triggered rolling power cuts across multiple regions on Sunday.
In a statement, Ukraine’s energy ministry added that some residents in the northern Chernihiv and northeastern Kharkiv regions had also lost power. Separately, the death toll from a Russian air attack that set ablaze a shop in the Dnipropetrovsk region on Saturday rose to four on Sunday, including two boys aged 11 and 14, the region’s acting governor said.
Analysts and officials say Moscow has shifted tactics this year, targeting specific regions and gas infrastructure.
The attacks have grown more effective as Russia launches hundreds of drones, some equipped with cameras that improve targeting, overwhelming air defenses — especially in regions where protection is weaker.
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More ShortsIn Russia, a Ukrainian drone strike set an oil tanker and infrastructure ablaze at Tuapse port, regional officials said Sunday.
Images on social media appeared to show flames engulfing terminal structures and a tanker at the Black Sea port, with multiple blazes visible across the port area. The Associated Press was unable to independently confirm the footage.
A Ukrainian intelligence official told the AP that Ukrainian forces struck a tanker, loading infrastructure and port buildings.
The official said five drone strikes were recorded and the operation was carried out by special forces of Ukraine’s Security Service and other defense forces. The official spoke on condition of anonymity to disclose operational details.
Local Russian authorities said “two foreign civilian ships” were damaged.
Tuapse is home to a major oil export terminal and a refinery belonging to state-owned Russian oil company Rosneft.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said long-range strikes on refineries inside Russia have reduced Moscow’s oil refining capacity by 20%, citing intelligence from Western governments.
Oil exports play a key role in funding Russia’s invasion of its neighbor Ukraine. While Ukrainian weapons take aim at the refineries, new sanctions from the U.S. and the European Union are aiming to cut into Moscow’s oil and gas export earnings.
With inputs from agencies
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