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The governor of one of the regions, Chernihiv, told the national
television at least 15 people were wounded and some
infrastructure and a dormitory were damaged during an attack on
the town of Nizhyn, without giving more details.
More than 68,000 consumers in certain districts of Zhytomyr and
Kyiv regions lost power, Ukrenergo said. In the morning, about
30,000 consumers were still without power after what were the
latest of near daily Russian attacks on the power system since
the spring.
Overall, Ukrainian air defences destroyed 20 out of 22 Russian
attack drones launched overnight, Ukraine's air force chief
said. Most of the drones were shot down in the southern Kherson
and northeastern Sumy regions, along with the two in the north.
The emergency service said an overnight attack on Kherson had
damaged six residential buildings and caused significant fires
in open areas.
Russia has attacked energy facilities across Ukraine with
missiles and drones over the past few months, causing blackouts
in many regions and forcing Kyiv to start large-scale
electricity imports from the European Union.
(Reporting by Pavel Polityuk; Editing by Himani Sarkar and
Philippa Fletcher)
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