Russian drone and missile attacks overnight killed two people, injured several others, and caused major power outages across four Ukrainian regions as strikes on energy infrastructure intensified.
Russian forces launched overnight attacks on energy infrastructure in four Ukrainian regions, leaving tens of thousands without power and causing multiple casualties, the Ministry of Energy reported on Telegram.
According to the ministry, more than 17,500 consumers in the Kharkiv region and around 5,000 in Dnipropetrovsk and Zaporizhzhia, as well as residents in the Kherson region, were left without electricity.
In the Odesa region, a drone strike ignited a fire at an energy facility and damaged equipment, regional governor Oleh Kiper reported.
“Unfortunately, an employee was injured and hospitalized in serious condition,” he said.
Power has since been restored to all affected subscribers.
In the Dnipropetrovsk region, two men aged 43 and 50 were killed in an early-morning drone strike on Ternivka in the Pavlohrad district, Acting Governor Vladyslav Haivanenko said. Three others were injured, including a 65-year-old man and a woman in serious condition.
The strike caused a fire, destroyed one private home, damaged six others, and destroyed several vehicles.
Additional drone attacks were recorded in the Vasylkivska community of the Synelnyky district, where infrastructure was hit, while first person view (FPV) drones struck Nikopol and the Marganets community.
Emergency repair teams are working around the clock to restore power.
Ukraine’s Air Force said Russia launched 111 Shahed, Geran, and other attack drones between 6 p.m. on Dec. 2 and the morning of Dec. 3. Air defenses downed or suppressed 83 of them.
Strikes or falling debris were recorded at 13 locations, damaging civilian infrastructure and homes in the Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhzhia, Kharkiv, and Odesa regions, the report confirmed.