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India Today
7 days ago
- General
- India Today
Power restored to 700,000 residents in Russian-held Ukraine after Ukrainian strikes
MOSCOW, June 3 (Reuters) - Emergency crews restored power on Tuesday to at least 700,000 residents across a swathe of southern Ukraine controlled by Russian forces, officials said, a day after Ukrainian shelling and drone attacks knocked out electricity was no immediate comment from Ukraine, but the attacks, which targeted the Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions, appeared to be the largest of their kind on Russian-held territory since the war began in February to the coordinated work of power engineers, the power supply to all customers has now been fully restored," Russia's Energy Ministry said on the Telegram messaging app. Crews from other regions helped complete lays claim to Zaporizhzhia and Kherson, and already controls most of both regions. It is trying to capture the rest as part of what it casts as its push to ensure its own security and secure the future of ethnic Russians and Russian rejects Russia's portrayal of the conflict, calling it a colonial-style land grab by Moscow and vowing to retake the lost territory through a mixture of force and drone attacks came hours after Russian and Ukrainian delegations met in Turkey for peace talks where Moscow said it would only agree to end the war if Kyiv cedes big new chunks of territory and accepts limits on the size of its officials said the situation at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant - Europe's largest nuclear facility seized by Russia in 2022 - was under control but officials running the plant said radiation levels were normal at the facility, which operates in shutdown mode and produces no power at the OUTAGEYevgeny Balitsky, the Russian-installed governor of Zaporizhzhia, said on Monday that more than 600,000 people in nearly 500 settlements across the region lost electricity after Ukrainian shelling damaged high-voltage the Kherson region further west, Russia-appointed Governor Vladimir Saldo said debris from fallen drones had damaged two electricity substations, knocking out power to more than 100,000 residents of 150 towns and emergency services officials in the northeastern Ukrainian city of Sumy said on Tuesday that a Russian attack had killed three people and injured 28, including three children."The Russians launched a savage strike on Sumy – directly targeting the city and its ordinary streets with rocket artillery," Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy wrote on social attack damaged an apartment building, three private residences, a warehouse and a hospital building, according to a statement from the emergency was no immediate comment from Russia on these Ukrainian Russia and Ukraine deny targeting civilians in their attacks. But thousands of civilians have died in the conflict, the vast majority of them many long months during the winter, Ukrainian towns and villages endured repeated electricity cuts as Russian forces focused strikes on generating side has accused the other of launching attacks on the Zaporizhzhia plant and running the risk of a nuclear U.N. nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency, said last week in response to a Ukrainian complaint that it saw no sign of Russia preparing to restart the Zaporizhzhia plant and connect it to the Russian Director General Rafael Grossi told Reuters on Tuesday that conditions for restarting the plant were not present due to a lack of water for cooling and the absence of a stable power IAEA has stationed monitors permanently at Zaporizhzhia and Ukraine's other nuclear power stations.
Hindustan Times
03-06-2025
- General
- Hindustan Times
Ukraine's Operation 'Spider's web' triggers blackout for 700,000 people in Russian-held regions
At least 700,000 people across a swathe of southern Ukraine controlled by Russian forces were without power on Tuesday after Ukrainian drone attacks and shelling knocked out electricity substations, Russia-installed officials said. There was no immediate comment from Ukraine, but the attack, which targeted the Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions, appeared to be one of the largest of its kind on Russian-held territory since the war began in February 2022. Russia lays claim to both regions, large areas of which it already controls and is trying to capture the rest of them, part of what it casts as its push to ensure its own security and secure the future of ethnic Russians and Russian speakers. Ukraine rejects Russia's portrayal of the conflict, calling it a colonial-style land grab by Moscow and vowing to retake the lost territory through a mixture of force and diplomacy. The drone attacks came hours after Russian and Ukrainian delegations met in Turkey for peace talks where Moscow said it would only agree to end the war if Kyiv cedes big new chunks of territory and accepts limits on the size of its army. Russian-backed officials said the situation at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station - Europe's largest nuclear facility which was seized by Russia in 2022 - was under control but difficult. Russian officials running the plant said radiation levels were normal at the facility, which operates in shutdown mode and produces no power at the moment. Yevgeny Balitsky, the Russian-installed governor of Zaporizhzhia, said more than 600,000 people in nearly 500 settlements across the region had no electricity after Ukrainian shelling damaged high-voltage infrastructure. "As a result of shelling by the Ukrainian armed forces, high-voltage equipment was damaged in the northwestern part of the Zaporizhzhia region," Balitsky wrote on Telegram. "There is no electricity throughout the region. The Ministry of Energy ... has been instructed to develop reserve sources of electricity as soon as possible. Health care facilities have been transferred to backup power supply sources." In the adjacent Kherson region, further west, Russia-appointed Governor Vladimir Saldo said debris from fallen drones had damaged two electricity substations, knocking out power to more than 100,000 residents of 150 towns and villages in Russian-held areas. Emergency crews were working to restore power quickly, Saldo added. Separately, emergency services in the northeastern Ukrainian city of Sumy said on Tuesday that a Russian attack on it had killed three people and injured at least 16 more. "The Russians launched a savage strike on Sumy – directly targeting the city and its ordinary streets with rocket artillery," Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy wrote on X. The attack damaged an apartment building, three private residences, a warehouse and a hospital building, according to a statement from the emergency services. Sumy regional prosecutors said earlier that children were among those wounded in the attack. There was no immediate comment from Russia on these Ukrainian reports. Both Russia and Ukraine deny targeting civilians in their attacks. But thousands of civilians have died in the conflict, the vast majority of them Ukrainian. For many long months in the winter, it was Ukrainian towns and villages that endured repeated electricity cuts as Russian forces focused strikes on generating capacity. Each side has repeatedly accused the other of launching attacks on the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant and running the risk of a nuclear accident. The U.N. nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency, said last week in response to a Ukrainian complaint that it saw no sign of Russia preparing to restart the Zaporizhzhia plant and connect it to the Russian grid. The IAEA has stationed monitors permanently at Zaporizhzhia and Ukraine's other nuclear power stations.
Russia Today
05-02-2025
- Politics
- Russia Today
Watchdogs ignoring Kiev's attack on Russian school bus
International watchdogs are likely to turn a blind eye to a Ukrainian drone attack on a school bus in Russia's Zaporozhye Region this week, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has suggested. On Tuesday, Russian officials accused Ukrainian forces of attacking a school bus with a drone in the region's Vasilyevsky district. The attack injured the bus driver and five children, according to Evgeny Balitsky, the region's governor. Balitsky stated that the driver suffered serious injuries and was taken to a hospital in Simferopol, Crimea, for specialized medical care. The five children sustained minor shrapnel injuries and remain under medical observation, he said, adding that while they were frightened, their condition is considered 'satisfactory.' The governor also shared a picture of a damaged yellow bus with smashed windows, with the vehicle bearing a large inscription reading 'Children.' Read more Rape and torture: Will the West cover for Kiev's war crimes? Zakharova condemned the attack and accused international human rights organizations of ignoring such incidents. 'A Ukrainian Armed Forces drone attacked a school bus in Zaporozhye Region, seriously injuring the driver and leaving five children with minor shrapnel wounds,' she wrote on Telegram on Tuesday. 'International organizations and human rights structures, including those specializing in child protection, will once again remain strategically silent.' Russia's Investigative Committee has already opened a probe into the attack in order to bring the perpetrators to justice, Balitsky said. Russia has accused Ukraine of regularly using artillery and drones against civilians. Earlier this week, Denis Pushilin, the head of Russia's Donetsk People's Republic, claimed that Ukrainian shelling injured ten civilians just over one day. Ukrainian forces have also regularly fired artillery shells at civilian areas in cities such as Donetsk. In November, meanwhile, a Ukrainian drone targeted an ambulance in Russia's Kherson Region.
