Ukraine on Monday said it had restored power to hundreds of thousands of people who lost electicity in overnight Russian strikes but warned of “urgent challenges” in maintaining the grid.
Moscow has intensified strikes on Ukrainian energy facilities, triggering blackouts and energy rationing across the country.
Around 400,000 households lost power in the northeastern Sumy region after Russian forces struck high-voltage distribution lines, energy officials said.
The regional electricity operator later said all but around 15,000 homes had been reconnected to the grid.
Energy minister German Galushchenko later described the situation in Ukraine as “complicated” during a briefing with EU energy commissioner Kadri Simson.
He also called on Ukraine’s allies to ramp up penalities on Russia’s energy sector, imposed by the West after Moscow launched the invasion in February 2022.
“The point is that sanctions against Russia…
Source: Guardian Newspaper
