More than 200,000 residents in the Russian-controlled area of Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia region were left without power on Sunday, according to the Moscow-appointed regional governor, following a Ukrainian drone strike on Saturday.
In a message shared on Telegram, Yevgeny Balitsky indicated that efforts were underway to restore electricity, but nearly 400 settlements are still in the dark.
Temperatures in the southeastern Zaporizhzhia region, approximately 75% of which is held by Russia, are well below freezing.
Throughout its nearly four-year conflict, Russia has repeatedly targeted Ukraine’s power infrastructure, resulting in daily rolling blackouts, and has also attacked heating systems this winter.
In a separate incident, in the North Ossetia region of the Caucasus mountains, two children and an adult were injured when a Ukrainian drone hit a residential building in Beslan, as reported by the regional governor.
First Published: Jan 18, 2026 3:09 PM IST
