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Russian strikes leave 370,000 without power in Ukraine's Volyn region
Drone attacks have knocked out electricity supplies across a vast swathe of northwestern Ukraine, with regional authorities reporting damage to critical infrastructure and two people wounded in the assault.
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Hundreds of thousands of residents in Ukraine's Volyn region have been left without power following a series of Russian drone strikes targeting key infrastructure facilities. The barrage affected approximately 370,000 people across the region, according to statements from local authorities.
Regional Governor Roman Romaniuk confirmed that the strikes damaged an enterprise with significant foreign investment holdings. The attacks resulted in at least two people sustaining injuries, though the full extent of casualties remains under assessment.
The incident marks the latest in a sustained campaign of aerial assaults on Ukraine's energy infrastructure, which has systematically targeted power generation and distribution facilities throughout the conflict. Located in northwestern Ukraine near the Polish border, Volyn region has repeatedly faced such attacks over recent months.
Ukrainian officials have consistently attributed these strikes to Russian forces, describing the targeting of civilian infrastructure as a deliberate strategy to degrade living conditions and economic capacity. Regional emergency services have mobilized to restore power supplies and assist affected residents, with authorities urging the population to prepare for extended outages.