Ukraine says Russian attacks leave two dead, thousands without power


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) - ⁠Russian attacks on Ukraine killed ⁠two people in Zaporizhzhia and left most ‌of the northern region of Chernihiv without power on Saturday, Ukrainian officials said.

Zaporizhzhia Governor Ivan Fedorov ​said the morning attack ⁠on the city ⁠killed a man and a woman, and injured ⁠six ‌others, including two children.

Meanwhile, in Chernihiv region, Governor Viacheslav Chaus ⁠said repair works were underway to ​fix damage ‌after a drone strike on an ⁠energy facility. ​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 bombardment ⁠campaign against Ukrainian energy facilities throughout the war, causing regular, hours-long blackouts across the country.

Chernihiv was badly hit by ​power outages over the ⁠winter as Russia carried out its biggest ​bombing campaign of the ‌four-year war against Ukraine's electricity ​grid.

(Reporting by Max Hunder; Editing by Kirsten Donovan and Alexander Smith)

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