The key facts

  • More than 600,000 people without electricity in Dnipro and the region after overnight strikes
  • Rescue operations after the airstrike that killed 55 people have been ongoing for the seventh day
  • Over the past week, according to Zelensky, Russia used 115 missiles, nearly 1,900 guided aerial bombs and more than 3,000 drones

Massive power outages

More than 600,000 people in the city of Dnipro and Dnipropetrovsk region were left without electricity after overnight Russian strikes on energy infrastructure, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Sunday in his Telegram channel, Anadolu reports. He also noted that the situation remains difficult in Kharkiv region, and that power outages are affecting several regions of the country. In Zhytomyr region, according to him, 140 apartment buildings were left without heating following the shelling.

Rescue operations and the scale of attacks over the week

Zelensky said that Russian forces attacked Komyshuvakha with an FPV drone on Saturday morning, while rescue operations after the airstrike that killed 55 people have been ongoing for the seventh consecutive day.

Sanctions pressure

Zelensky stated that Ukraine regularly provides international partners with information on Russian companies involved in the production of ballistic missiles. He pointed to the sanctions packages introduced by Kyiv in October against individuals and legal entities involved in Russian military production, and stressed the importance of aligning these measures with the sanctions of European countries and G7 jurisdictions.