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Ukraine’s Zaporizhia Oblast was once again the target of Russia’s latest attacks, hit by an overnight loss of power on the night of January 10-11. The outage occurred at 2.11am in the southeastern Ukrainian region and left the Oblast completely without electricity.
More than 382,000 households were left without electricity during the Ukrainian winter, when temperatures generally ranged between 0C and -6C; However, cold temperatures can drop temperatures to -20C. Both Zaporizhzhiaobkenergo, a regional electricity distribution company, and the regional government described the situation as an “emergency” but did not specify why.
“Three people were injured as a result of enemy attacks on the Zaporizhia region,” said Zaporizhia Governor (Head of the Regional Military Administration) Ivan Fedorov, who previously served as Mayor of Melitopol before the Russian occupation of the city. Telegram. “During the day, the invaders carried out a total of 821 attacks on 27 settlements in the Zaporozhye region.
“Russian troops carried out 6 air strikes on Rozhdvyanka, Samiylivka, Novoukrainka, Shevchenkivske, Yurkivka and Tavriyske.” Mr. Fedorov continued, adding that 468 UAVs of various modifications (mostly FPV) attacked areas such as Zaporizhzhia, Stepove, Varvarivka and Solodke. This was in addition to five Grad MLRS strikes of self-propelled 122 mm multiple rocket launchers designed in the Soviet Union and 342 artillery strikes elsewhere in Zaporizhzhia Oblast.
The management announced that electricity was restored around 04.30. There was no loss of life.
Since its invasion in February 2022, Russia has regularly heavily bombarded Ukraine’s energy infrastructure, causing power outages for hours each day in major cities, including Kiev. Indeed, the capital’s water and heating systems were briefly shut down on Saturday, January 10, as engineers worked to stabilize the power grid, which was pushed to the brink this week by Russian attacks.
UN Secretary-General spokesman Stéphane Dujarric said the attacks on Friday, January 9, “caused significant civilian casualties and left millions of Ukrainians without basic services such as electricity, heating and water.”
This comes after a previously published report. Ukrainian Air Force On January 11, attacks by 22 attack UAVs were recorded on 18 locations, and debris fell on two locations. Russia attacked Ukraine with 154 Shahed, Gerbera-type attack UAVs and other UAVs throughout the night; of these, 125 were reported to have been shot or pinned down.
