MOSCOW: More than 200,000 homes in Russian-occupied southern Ukraine were left without power following a Ukrainian army attack, the Moscow-installed authorities said Sunday.
“Following an enemy attack on the region’s energy infrastructure, a large part of the Zaporizhzhia region has been left without electricity,” Moscow-installed official Yevgeny Balitsky said on Telegram.
According to Balitsky, the attack cut power to 213,000 customers and 386 localities in the Zaporizhzhia region.
Vladimir Saldo, the Moscow-installed governor of the neighboring Kherson region, said on Saturday evening that a Ukrainian strike had hit an electrical substation, causing outages in 14 towns and 450 villages.
He later said that emergency repair work had restored power.
Russia has hit Ukraine with daily drone and missile barrages in recent months, targeting energy infrastructure and cutting power and heating in the frigid depths of winter.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky last week declared a “state of emergency” for the sector and said work was under way to increase the country’s electricity imports.
“The situation in the energy system remains difficult, but we are doing everything we can to restore all services as quickly as possible,” he said Sunday.
According to Ukraine’s air force, Russia launched 201 drones overnight from Saturday to Sunday, 167 of which were shot down. Two people were killed, Zelensky said.
Russia’s defense ministry said it shot down 63 Ukrainian drones overnight and reported an attack which, according to local authorities, injured several people.
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Russia officials blame Ukraine for power cuts in occupied south
- The attack cut power to 213,000 customers and 386 localities in the Zaporizhzhia region
Trump says Vance to visit Armenia and Azerbaijan in February
WASHINGTON: US Vice President JD Vance will travel to Armenia and Azerbaijan in February, President Donald Trump said on Friday, with the intention to “build on” recent peace efforts.
Armenia and Azerbaijan signed a US-brokered agreement in August to end a decades-long conflict over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region, which Azerbaijan most recently took over in 2023.
“I want to thank President Aliyev of Azerbaijan and Prime Minister Pashinyan of Armenia for honoring the Peace Agreement we signed last August,” Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform.
“In February, Vice President Vance will travel to both Countries to build on our Peace efforts, and advance the Trump Route for International Peace and Prosperity,” he said, referring to a transit corridor created as part of the agreement.
The corridor through Armenia connects Azerbaijan, which is to its east, to its Nakhchivan exclave to the west.
The agreement gives the United States development rights to the corridor.
Trump said the United States would “strengthen our strategic partnership with Azerbaijan, a beautiful Agreement for Peaceful Nuclear Cooperation with Armenia” and organize “Deals for our Great Semiconductor Makers.”
He also mentioned “the sale of Made in the USA. Defense Equipment, such as body armor and boats, and more, to Azerbaijan.”
The US State Department said this month Armenia would give the United States a nearly three-quarters stake in the development of the corridor, an agreement Secretary of State Marco Rubio hailed as a “model for the world.”
Rubio met with Azerbaijan’s foreign minister this week and commended the country’s recent shipments of fuel to Armenia as evidence of a “continued commitment to the historic peace deal,” the State Department said.
Armenia and Azerbaijan signed a US-brokered agreement in August to end a decades-long conflict over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region, which Azerbaijan most recently took over in 2023.
“I want to thank President Aliyev of Azerbaijan and Prime Minister Pashinyan of Armenia for honoring the Peace Agreement we signed last August,” Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform.
“In February, Vice President Vance will travel to both Countries to build on our Peace efforts, and advance the Trump Route for International Peace and Prosperity,” he said, referring to a transit corridor created as part of the agreement.
The corridor through Armenia connects Azerbaijan, which is to its east, to its Nakhchivan exclave to the west.
The agreement gives the United States development rights to the corridor.
Trump said the United States would “strengthen our strategic partnership with Azerbaijan, a beautiful Agreement for Peaceful Nuclear Cooperation with Armenia” and organize “Deals for our Great Semiconductor Makers.”
He also mentioned “the sale of Made in the USA. Defense Equipment, such as body armor and boats, and more, to Azerbaijan.”
The US State Department said this month Armenia would give the United States a nearly three-quarters stake in the development of the corridor, an agreement Secretary of State Marco Rubio hailed as a “model for the world.”
Rubio met with Azerbaijan’s foreign minister this week and commended the country’s recent shipments of fuel to Armenia as evidence of a “continued commitment to the historic peace deal,” the State Department said.
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