Ukraine's unmanned aerial attack (UAV) on the Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions controlled by Russia led to a complete power outage in Zaporizhzhia and power outages in many places in Kherson.
According to Zaporizhzhia leader Evgeny Balitsky, the attack damaged high-voltage power equipment in the northwest of the region, leading to power outages across the region.
"Health care facilities have been converted to backup power sources," Balitsky noted. The leader of the Zaporizhzhia region also informed that authorities are working to restore energy supply through alternative routes as soon as possible.
About 20 minutes after the news in Zaporizhzhia, Kherson region leader Vladimir Saldo reported that a Ukrainian UAV attack hit a new transformer station in the Genichesky region, causing power outages in much of the region.
More than 104,000 people and 44 key social facilities, Saldo said, with more than 150 settlements affected. "All important facilities are connected to a backup power source," he added.
The airstrikes came just hours after Russia and Ukraine ended a second round of direct peace talks in Istanbul, Turkey, in which the two sides exchanged memories detailing proposals for a resolution of the conflict.
According to the Russian memorandum of understanding, a final solution would include international recognition of Ukraine's former territories as part of Russia and the withdrawal of all Ukrainian forces from those regions.
The Ukrainian memorandum of understanding rejected Russia's main demands, including recognition of newly acquired regions by Russia, a commitment to neutrality and limiting the size of Ukraine's armed forces.
The Kherson and Zaporizhia regions are located in eastern Ukraine. These two regions, along with the Donetsk People's Republic and Lugansk, were claimed to have been annexed by Russia in 2022. It was annexed by Russia in 2014.
