Kyiv, Oct. 16 (SANA) Russian drone attacks killed at least three people and injured dozens across Ukraine early Friday, while strikes on energy infrastructure cut electricity to around 370,000 people in the western Volyn region, Ukrainian officials said.
In Volyn, which borders Poland, a Russian drone strike on a food-processing facility killed one person and injured eight others, regional Governor Roman Romanyuk said. The attacks disrupted power supplies to around 370,000 people. By later Friday morning, electricity had been restored to about 100,000 people, while outages in the regional capital, Lutsk, could last at least 24 hours, officials said.
In the central city of Uman, five people were injured when Russian drones struck a residential building, Ukraine’s National Police said.
In Kharkiv, two people were killed and 12 others wounded in attacks on three districts of the city, regional Governor Oleh Syniehubov said. He had earlier reported three deaths.
DTEK, Ukraine’s largest private energy provider, announced emergency power cuts in the capital, Kyiv, during the Russian attacks.
On Thursday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Kyiv had resumed strikes on Russian oil refineries after abandoning a proposed pause in attacks on energy facilities announced by U.S. President Donald Trump. Zelenskyy said continued Russian strikes on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure had undermined the truce.
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