Most of Ukraine's Chernihiv region without power after Russian attack


FILE PHOTO: A car drives on a street during a power blackout after critical civil infrastructure was hit by recent Russian missile and drone attacks, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Chernihiv, Ukraine January 24, 2026 REUTERS/Maksym Kishka/File Photo

KYIV, March ⁠21 (Reuters) - Most of ⁠Ukraine's northern Chernihiv region ‌was left without power on Saturday after a Russian ​drone attack, local ⁠governor Viacheslav ⁠Chaus said.

He said repair ⁠works were ‌underway to fix the ⁠damage. The region, which borders ​Russia ‌and Belarus, had a ⁠pre-war ​population of nearly a million.

The regional ⁠capital, also called Chernihiv, ​was fully without power, the city administration there ⁠said.

Russia has conducted a vast bombardment campaign against Ukrainian energy facilities ​throughout the ⁠war, causing regular, hours-long ​blackouts across ‌the country.

(Reporting by ​Max Hunder; Editing by Kirsten Donovan)

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