Nearly 300,000 people in Ukrainian city of Odesa without power or water after Russian drone strikes - Europe live

Local officials say strikes were part of widespread attacks across the country targeting energy infrastructure Here are the main news lines from the onslaught of Russian missile and drone attacks reported last night in Ukraine that has plunged parts of the country in darkness and left hundreds of thousands of people without heat and water: We reported earlier about the attacks in the southern city of Odesa where nearly 300,000 people have been left without water, according to Ukraine’s deputy prime minister Oleksiy Kuleba. He added that about 200 buildings also had no heating. In the capital city Kyiv , about 3,500 buildings were without heating this morning after the attacks knocked out power supplies to 2,600 high-rise buildings, on top of the 1,100 already affected by previous strikes, the mayor, Vitali Klitschko, said. In Dnipro in Ukraine’s south-east, four people were injured including a baby and four-year-old child, the regional governor, Oleksandr Ganzha, said. The Ukrainian energy firm DTEK said one of its thermal power plants was targeted and “suffered extensive damage”, but did not disclose the location. “This is already the eleventh large-scale attack on the company’s thermal power plants since October 2025,” DTEK said in a statement. Andrii Sybiha , Ukraine’s foreign minister, condemned the attacks, saying they undermine diplomatic efforts led by the US to end the war . “Russia must be forced to take diplomacy seriously and de-escalate,” he said in a social media post. “This can only be achieved through unity, strength, and increased pressure on Moscow.” Continue reading...