"Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Thursday that the overnight strikes had aimed to break his country, cutting off electricity, heating and water supplies in Zaporizhzhia and Dnipropetrovsk, with repair crews still battling to restore services in the latter region."
"There is absolutely no military rationale in such strikes on the energy sector and infrastructure that leave people without electricity and heating in wintertime, he said."
"As in previous winters, Russia has intensified its strikes on Ukraine's energy sites in what Kyiv and its allies call a deliberate strategy to wear down the civilian population, as the fourth anniversary of the Russian invasion looms."
Major Russian strikes targeted energy infrastructure in Zaporizhzhia and Dnipropetrovsk, plunging hundreds of thousands into darkness during winter. Repair crews worked to restore electricity, heating and water while critical systems remained damaged. More than one million people were affected in Dnipropetrovsk, with nearly 800,000 without power early Thursday and eight mines experiencing blackouts; workers were evacuated. Water supplies to the strategic city of Pavlohrad and nearby areas could take up to a day to repair. Zaporizhzhia faced a total blackout that was later restored. Allies were urged to respond to deliberate targeting of civilian infrastructure.
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