Russia targets energy grid, leaving thousands without power – DW – 11/02/2025

Ukrainian regional governor Vadim Fylyashkin said Sunday that Ukrainian authorities were working to restore power in Donetsk following Russian attacks on infrastructure. The claim could not be independently verified, as most of the area east of Donetsk is controlled by Russian troops.

Russian forces have stepped up attacks on Ukraine’s power grid in recent weeks as winter approaches.

Another regional governor, Ivan Fedorov, earlier reported that about 60,000 people in the southeastern Zaporizhia region were left without electricity after Russian air strikes.

At least two people have been killed in a Russian drone bombing in Ukraine’s Odessa region, Ukrainian officials said on Sunday.

Two people were killed in a Russian drone strike early Sunday morning, according to the State Emergency Service.

Regional governor Oleh Kipar said three others were injured.

A Ukrainian drone strike caused a fire on an oil tanker stationed in the Black Sea port of Tuapse, Russian civil defense officials said on Sunday.

Russian officials said an oil transfer terminal and two civilian ships flying foreign flags were also damaged in the attack. The tanker crew was evacuated.

Images published on Telegram showed three fires in the port of Tuapse, which is located in the southeast of the Crimean peninsula.

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Russian news agency TASS quoted Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov as saying that the meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump will not help resolve the Ukraine conflict.

According to Sunday’s report, Peskov said “very painstaking work on the details of the settlement” was needed.

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According to officials, a Ukrainian drone strike caused a fire on an oil tanker docked at the Tuapse port on the Black Sea.

Thousands of Ukrainians are reported to be without power following Russian air strikes.

The Kremlin reportedly does not consider a meeting between Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump necessary to resolve the conflict.

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