Russian attacks damage energy facilities in Ukraine's Odesa and Zhytomyr
Overnight strikes left over 180,000 without power and damaged a DTEK facility in Odesa.
The Brief
- Over 180,000 customers in Zhytomyr lost power after Russian attacks.
- DTEK facility in Odesa suffered heavy damage from overnight strikes.
- No deaths or injuries were reported in the attacks.
Russian attacks on Ukraine's energy infrastructure overnight left more than 180,000 customers in the Zhytomyr region without power, according to officials and the company.
A facility owned by private energy firm DTEK in the Odesa region was heavily damaged in the attacks, officials and the company said.
Scheduled power outages were in place across the Odesa region, with about 130 settlements without electricity on Tuesday morning, as reported by its governor, Vitalii Bunechko.
In the Odesa region, an attack shortly before midnight on Monday caused significant destruction at a facility run by DTEK Odesa Electric Networks, the company said.
The company added that the site had been shelled repeatedly over the past two months and repairs would take a long time.
No deaths or injuries were reported as a result of the attacks.
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