Almost two million people in Russia and occupied Ukraine were left without power on Monday, after hurricane force winds and heavy rains cut electricity lines and caused widespread flooding.
KYIV, Ukraine A powerful winter storm battered southern Ukraine on Monday, washing away Russian coastal defenses from some beaches on the occupied Crimean Peninsula. The storm, which Ukrainian meteorologists said was among the most intense in decades, snarled supply routes for both countries’ armies and deepened the misery of tens of thousands of soldiers huddled in shallow trenches across the sprawling front line.
KYIV: President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Sunday (Nov 26) thanked Ukraine's military for fighting Russian attacks and its rescue services for tackling the consequences of extreme winter weather that he said had deprived about 400 settlements in 10 regions of power. In his nightly video address, Zelenskyy said
Almost 500,000 people in occupied Crimea have been left without electricity after a storm hit the peninsula. Source: Krym.Realii (Crimea.Realities), a Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty project Details: Oleg Kryuchkov, a Russian-controlled adviser to the Russian "head of Crimea", said 498,000 people in Crimea have been left without electricity due to the extreme weather, citing data from the Russian company Krymenergo.