Ukraine’s national power company said on Aug. 8 continued Russian attacks on energy infrastructure have left the grid under severe strain, prompting emergency blackouts in Kharkiv, Sumy and Poltava regions. Private energy firm DTEK reported emergency outages in Kyiv city and region and said Dnipropetrovsk was hit by a large-scale strike, leaving more than 600,000 residents in Pavlohrad and nearby areas without power. The Ukrainian Air Force said Russian forces fired three missiles and launched 1

Ukraine’s national power company said on Aug. 8 continued Russian attacks on energy infrastructure have left the grid under severe strain, prompting emergency blackouts in Kharkiv, Sumy and Poltava regions. Private energy firm DTEK reported emergency outages in Kyiv city and region and said Dnipropetrovsk was hit by a large-scale strike, leaving more than 600,000 residents in Pavlohrad and nearby areas without power. The Ukrainian Air Force said Russian forces fired three missiles and launched 164 drones between the night of the 7th and early hours of the 8th; by 0800 Ukrainian air defences and electronic warfare units had intercepted or suppressed 137 drones.