US EditionRussian strikes knock out power in southeastern Ukraine, energy ministry says
More than 1 million people lost water and heating as Russian strikes severely damaged energy infrastructure amid freezing temperatures, officials said.
- On January 7, 2026, Russia's strikes knocked out power almost entirely in Dnipropetrovsk and Zaporizhzhia regions, the Energy Ministry said.
- Russia has intensified attacks on Ukraine's energy network, with Maxim Timchenko, CEO of DTEK, saying strikes came in 'waves of drones, cruise and ballistic missiles' so frequent they lack time to recover.
- Critical systems shifted to backup power as hospitals and water systems in Dnipro city switched to generators, local media reported on January 7.
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1 million: Russian drone strikes crippled energy infrastructure in southeast Ukraine overnight, leaving over one million people in Dnipropetrovsk without heat or water in the dead of winter. Electricity supplies were also disrupted for thousands more people in neighboring Zaporizhzhia.9: China arrested nine people who are connected with an influential Protestant church in Chengdu, part of a broader crackdown by the Chinese Communist Party on rel…
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Russian drone strikes cause major blackouts in two regions of Ukraine
Russian drone strikes have knocked out power in Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia region and left over 600,000 households in Dnipropetrovsk without electricity.
Drones hit civilian infrastructure in Dnipropetrovsk and Zaporiyia. Authorities work against the clock to replenish the service
Informs that the service in Zaporiyia already works normally waiting to solve that of several...
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More Than a Million Ukrainians Left Without Heat or Water by Russian Drone Strikes
More than one million residents of Ukraine’s Dnipropetrovsk region were left without water supplies or heating (or both) after overnight Russian strikes, a Ukrainian minister said on Thursday, January 8th. The attacks form part of a broader pattern seen in previous winters, with Russia intensifying strikes on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure. According to the Ukrainian air force, Russia launched 97 drones overnight, 70 of which were intercepted b…
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