Two people were killed on the night of Saturday to Sunday, following a drone attack launched by Russian forces on the city of Dnipro, in eastern Ukraine, the regional administration announced.
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Two people died after a Russian attack in Dnipro PHOTO: Telegram/Astra
According to local authorities, the attack caused significant destruction in residential areas and led to the outbreak of a fire.
“The attack took place at night. A fire broke out, a private house was destroyed and two others were damaged”the head of the Dnipropetrovsk regional administration, Oleksandr Ganja, sent on Telegram on Sunday morning, according to News.ro.
He stated that the victims are a man and a woman. The attack takes place in the context in which the pause in Russian attacks on the capital Kiev, accepted by Russian President Vladimir Putin at the request of his American counterpart, Donald Trump, is to end on Sunday.
Previous attacks and major energy crisis
At the end of January, Ukraine also faced a severe energy crisis, following extensive power grid failures. The Minister of Energy, Denîs Şmîhal, reported on the morning of January 31 “a cascade stop” of the electricity network, after disruptions of the transmission lines between Romania and Moldova, as well as between the west and the center of Ukraine.
“The energy deficit in the system remains very high”the state operator Ukrenergo sent in a statement.
President Volodymyr Zelensky stated that “all necessary measures” were taken to restore the power grid and stabilize the situation in the short term.
Kyiv, seriously affected by the blackout
In Kyiv, residents faced a lack of electricity, heat and water amid extremely low temperatures. The capital's military administration reported at 11:00 a.m. local time that the subway was temporarily suspended due to a power outage.
The water supply was also interrupted in Kyiv due to problems in the power system, the Kyivvodokanal utility company announced on January 31.
