Ukrainian strikes kill three in Russia’s Belgorod region — SkimNews
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- Zelenskyy said Russian attacks damaged power-generation facilities and substations in nine regions, leaving emergency outages and hours-long power and water cuts in Kyiv and surrounding areas.
- Russia’s Defence Ministry confirmed that it hit two power stations in Ukraine’s Kyiv and Zhytomyr regions and claimed 709 Ukrainian drones were downed across 14 regions, Crimea and the Black and Azov seas.
- Belgorod regional authorities said Ukrainian drone strikes killed three people in the Russian border region.
- Ozon said all workers were evacuated and no one was hurt after a Ukrainian drone attack started a fire at its Adygeysk distribution facility; damaged goods were removed from listings and deliveries were rerouted.
- Crimea, home to about 2.5 million residents, put temporary outage schedules in force after Ukrainian strikes hit energy infrastructure, though a Moscow-installed official said the cuts followed an accident outside the region.
Why it matters: Ukraine’s power generation and substations in nine regions were damaged, leaving residents in Kyiv and nearby areas without electricity or water for hours; officials directed residents to public fountains and set up emergency charging points. The exchange hit Ozon’s distribution facility and prompted delivery rerouting, showing disruption to civilian services and commercial logistics on both sides of the front.
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