Russia hits port, power facility in Ukraine overnight


KYIV, April ⁠18 (Reuters) - Russian attacks ⁠overnight damaged port ‌infrastructure in Ukraine's southern Odesa region and caused blackouts ​for 380,000 consumers ⁠in the ⁠country's north, officials said.

Drones damaged ⁠agricultural ‌warehouses, depots and administrative ⁠buildings, Oleh Kiper, the Odesa ​regional ‌governor, said on the ⁠Telegram ​app. There were no casualties, he ⁠added.

Russian forces also targeted ​an energy facility in the Chernihiv region in ⁠Ukraine's north, the regional power distribution operator said on Telegram.

According ​to Ukraine's ⁠air force, Russia launched ​219 long-range ‌drones overnight.

(Reporting by ​Yuliia Dysa; Editing by Emelia Sithole-Matarise)

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