Ukraine authorities have said that thousands of people in central Ukraine were left without electricity this Tuesday following a countrywide Russian attack involving more than 130 drones that damaged critical infrastructure.
The governor of the Zapo-riz-h-zhia region, Ivan Fedorov, says around 3,000 people were cut off from the grid following the attack, which he said damaged critical infrastructure.
Authorities in Kyiv, say the debris from a downed Russian drone landed in the courtyard of a school at the beginning of the school day, saying pupils were in shelters at the time of the attack.
The Ukrainian air force said it had downed 63 out of 137 Russian drones.
Russia’s defence ministry meanwhile said that 46 Ukrainian drones used in overnight attacks had been neutralised.
Ukraine and Russia have recently escalated cross-border drone and missile attacks despite a US-led proposal for a 30-day ceasefire to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.