Russian attacks in Ukraine kill at least 8, cut power to 1 million

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Russian attacks killed at least eight people and injured 60 across Ukraine, hit two shopping centres and cut power to more than a million people, Ukrainian officials have said[1]

According to Al Jazeera, the attacks on Friday struck nine regions.[1] In Kharkiv, a 71-year-old woman and a 58-year-old man were killed and 12 people were wounded in strikes on three districts, Governor Oleh Syniehubov said.[1]Reuters reports that attacks in the frontline city of Kramatorsk in Donetsk Region killed two people and two more were killed in southeastern Dnipropetrovsk Region.[2]Al Jazeera reports that in Volyn, a drone strike on a food-processing facility killed one person and wounded eight, Governor Roman Romaniuk said.[1] The outlet adds that drones also hit a customs terminal and set fire to about 10 trucks in the town of Kovel[1].Reuters reports that shopping centres were hit in the northern city of Sumy, which lies close to the front line, and one in the neighbouring region of Rivne, officials said[3]. In Rivne, one person was killed and seven wounded by drones that hit a major shopping centre and other sites, regional governor Oleksandr Koval said.[3]According to Al Jazeera, Ukraine's Ministry of Energy said repair crews had restored power to more than a million people who lost it on Friday.[1] Reuters notes it was not clear how many were still without power.[2] Lutsk's blackout could last at least 24 hours[1], Mayor Andriy Razumovskyi said, according to Al Jazeera.Al Jazeera reports that Russia's military chief told President Vladimir Putin on Friday that the military had allocated the assets needed to press its aerial campaign against Ukraine's energy system.[1]According to Al Jazeera, UN human rights monitors[1] said at least 328 civilians were killed and 2,105 wounded in Ukraine last month[1].

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  1. [1]Russian attacks in Ukraine kill at least 8, cut power to 1 million | Russia-Ukraine war News | Al Jazeera
  2. [2]Russian attacks kill eight in Ukraine, cut power to over a million - Internazionale
  3. [3]Russian Attacks Kill Eight in Ukraine, Cut Power to Over a Million

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