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Russian drones attack Ukrainian power facilities overnight, causing
disruptions

by Reuters

   KYIV, Ukraine --

   Russia overnight attacked Ukrainian energy facilities in two regions
   with drones, disrupting electricity supplies, Ukraine's national power
   grid operator said Friday.

   Power supplies have, however, been already restored to most consumers
   in the northern Chernihiv and Zhytomyr regions, Ukrenergo said.

   Ukrainian air defenses destroyed 20 out of the 22 Russian attack drones
   launched overnight, Ukraine's air force chief said. Most of the drones
   were shot down in the Kherson, Sumy, Zhytomyr and Chernihiv regions.

   The governor of the Chernihiv region said that some infrastructure and
   a dormitory were damaged during the attack on the town of Nizhyn,
   without giving further details.

   Russian missile and drone attacks on Ukraine's energy sector have
   intensified since the spring, resulting in blackouts in many regions
   and forcing Kyiv to start large-scale electricity imports from the
   European Union.

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