Power returns after Kyiv plunged into darkness by ‘massive’ Russian attack on Ukraine energy sector – as it happened
by Joe Coughlan from World news | The Guardian on (#70NG5)
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Russia used over 450 drones and 30 missiles in a country-wide attack. This live blog is now closed
Power has been restored to 270,000 consumers in Kyiv after Russian overnight attacks knocked it out, Ukraine's energy minister Svitlana Hrynchuk wrote on Facebook on Friday.
Kyiv residents heard blasts throughout the night and many woke up without power after a vast overnight air attack which targeted Ukraine's energy system, Reuters reports.
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