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The collapse of Ukraine’s energy infrastructure last year due to Russia’s war brought the entire country to its knees. Russia resumed missile and drone attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure in late March, leaving over a million consumers across the country without power. Around 700,000 people in Kharkiv Oblast, at least 200,000 people in Odesa Oblast, 200,000 people in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, and 110,000 people in Poltava Oblast faced blackouts.
The Russians launched kamikaze drones towards Nikopol District and shelled the area with artillery on 22 January. Source: Serhii Lysak, Head of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Military Administration Quote: "It's almost never quiet in Nikopol.
Ukrainian defenders have downed six Russian drones and a missile over Dnipropetrovsk and Mykolaiv oblasts at night. Source: Serhii Lysak, Head of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Military Administration; Vitalii Kim, Head of Mykolaiv Oblast Military Administration Quote from Lysak: "Defenders from Skhid (East) Air Command downed a missile and five unmanned aerial vehicles over the oblast at night.
Russian troops attacked settlements in Poltava, Kharkiv, Donetsk, Dnipropetrovsk, Kherson, and Mykolaiv oblasts on the night of 31 October - 1 November. Source: Ihor Klymenko, Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, on Telegram Quote: "The enemy fired on 118 settlements in 10 oblasts during the past day.