Ukraine-Russia war latest: Kyiv faces power outage after ‘one of the largest’ Russian attacks on energy facilities

Ukraine will face nationwide power cuts of eight to 16 hours today after Russian strikes left parts of the country’s energy system in ruins, officials said.

State-owned energy company Tsentrenergo said the attacks were one of the largest on its facilities since the start of the war in February 2022, and that it had halted operations at its plants in the Kyiv and Kharkiv regions.

Russia launched hundreds of drones and missiles targeting energy infrastructure between Friday and Saturday, killing at least seven people.

An overnight drone attack by Ukraine temporarily disrupted power and heating supplies in the southwestern Russia city of Voronezh, governor Alexander Gusev said on the Telegram messaging app.

Meanwhile, work is under way to prepare proposals for a Russian nuclear test, Moscow has said, in what would be its first test of a nuclear weapon in 35 years.

The order was made in response to Donald Trump’s surprise announcement last week that the US would resume testing.

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