more than 40,000 people left without electricity after a nighttime Russian attack

The population plunged into darkness. Several tens of thousands of Ukrainians were without power on Friday February 2 in central and north-eastern Ukraine after a new nighttime Russian drone attack. The Air Force announced that it was able to shoot down 11 of 24 Iranian-designed explosive drones launched against the Dnipro, Kirovograd, Kherson and Kharkiv regions.

In Kryvyï Rig, a Russian strike deprived some 40,000 people of electricity, according to Serguiï Lyssak, the governor of the Dnipro region. In the Kharkiv region, Governor Oleg Synegoubov also reported nighttime attacks by drones, rockets and artillery, specifying that 64 localities in the region were deprived of electricity, without specifying at this stage how many of inhabitants this concerned.

Ukraine faces air attacks almost every night, sometimes suffering dozens of missile and drone attacks targeting urban centers. For months, Ukrainian forces have responded by launching their own drones and missiles against Russia, also causing civilian deaths. The Russian border region of Belgorod is particularly targeted.