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The overnight drone strike targeted energy infrastructure in the region and cut off power to the regional capital, where many are speculating the Russians are planning a new offensive.
Sustained Russian attacks on Ukraine's power grid in recent weeks have forced leaders of the war-ravaged country to institute nationwide rolling blackouts. Without adequate air defenses to counter assaults and allow for repairs, though, the shortages could still worsen as need spikes in late summer and the bitter cold winter.
With no end in sight to the attacks on the power grid and without a way to adequately defend against them, there are no quick fixes to the electricity shortages, Ukrainian energy minister Herman Halushchenko said.
Sustained Russian attacks on Ukraine's power grid have forced leaders of the war-ravaged country to institute nationwide rolling blackouts.
A spokesperson for Emmanuel Macron's party revealed that the push to put NATO boots on the ground in Ukraine is becoming more popular in Europe.