US EditionRussian strikes knock out power in southeastern Ukraine, energy ministry says
Russian drone strikes left over 1 million people without power and heating, forcing critical infrastructure onto backup systems amid plunging winter temperatures, officials said.
- On January 7, 2026, Russia's strikes knocked out power almost entirely in Dnipropetrovsk and Zaporizhzhia regions, the Energy Ministry said.
- Russia has intensified attacks on Ukraine's energy network, with Maxim Timchenko, CEO of DTEK, saying strikes came in 'waves of drones, cruise and ballistic missiles' so frequent they lack time to recover.
- Critical systems shifted to backup power as hospitals and water systems in Dnipro city switched to generators, local media reported on January 7.
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Russian Strikes Knock Out Power and Heat to Hundreds of Thousands of Ukrainians
KYIV, Ukraine — About half a million households were still without heat and power in the Dnipropetrovsk region of Ukraine on Thursday evening, as authorities raced in the winter cold to restore services knocked out by Russian strikes the previous…
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1 million: Russian drone strikes crippled energy infrastructure in southeast Ukraine overnight, leaving over one million people in Dnipropetrovsk without heat or water in the dead of winter. Electricity supplies were also disrupted for thousands more people in neighboring Zaporizhzhia.9: China arrested nine people who are connected with an influential Protestant church in Chengdu, part of a broader crackdown by the Chinese Communist Party on rel…
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Russian drone strikes cause major blackouts in two regions of Ukraine
Russian drone strikes have knocked out power in Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia region and left over 600,000 households in Dnipropetrovsk without electricity.
Drones hit civilian infrastructure in Dnipropetrovsk and Zaporiyia. Authorities work against the clock to replenish the service
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