Two killed as Russia escalates attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure
Al Jazeera
Russia’s attacks on such infrastructure in recent days have also caused severe power outages.
Russian strikes on Ukrainian energy infrastructure have killed two people, one in the country’s western Lviv region, the other in an attack in the northeast, officials said.
The attack in Lviv destroyed a building and sparked a fire, Governor Maksym Kozytskyi wrote on Telegram on Sunday, adding that rescue operations were under way.
In the Kharkiv region, Governor Oleh Syniehubov said that an air attack killed a 19-year-old man after a projectile hit a petrol station.
Meanwhile, hundreds of thousands in Ukraine’s Odesa region were left without power after debris from a downed Russian drone caused a blaze at an energy facility, Governor Oleh Kiper said.
Ukraine’s largest private electricity operator DTEK said 170,000 homes suffered power outages as a result of the attack.
