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Russian strikes connected Ukraine overnight near much than 1 cardinal radical successful the Dnipropetrovsk portion without h2o supplies oregon heating, a Ukrainian Minister said connected Thursday (January 8, 2026), arsenic temperatures dipped beneath freezing.
As successful erstwhile winters, Russia has intensified its strikes connected Ukraine's vigor sites, starring to heating and h2o outages successful what Kyiv and its allies telephone a deliberate strategy to deterioration down the civilian population.
The large-scale Russian drone onslaught besides knocked retired powerfulness successful the Zaporizhzhia region, leaving thousands without energy oregon heating, the authorities grid relation Ukrenergo said precocious Wednesday.
"Repair enactment continues successful Dnipropetrovsk portion to reconstruct vigor and h2o proviso for implicit a cardinal subscribers," Restoration Minister Oleksiy Kuleba wrote connected societal media.
The Ukrainian aerial unit said Russia attacked with 97 drones, with 70 downed by aerial defence strategy but 27 striking assorted locations, without elaborating.
Dnipropetrovsk's captious vigor infrastructure was damaged successful the attack, according to its subject caput Vladyslav Gaivanenko.
"The concern is difficult. However, arsenic soon arsenic the information concern allows, vigor workers volition statesman restoration work," helium posted connected Telegram.
In Zaporizhzhia, the energy proviso was restored to "key facilities" but astir consumers were inactive without power, according to its governor, Ivan Fedorov.
Kyiv has responded to the long-running targeting of its vigor grid with strikes connected Russian lipid depots and refineries, seeking to chopped disconnected Moscow's captious vigor exports and trigger substance shortages.
