Kiev, '500,000 people without electricity after Russian raids'

Ukraine says Russia attacked energy infrastructure in six of its regions overnight, leaving more than 500,000 people without power.

"This night and this morning, Russia continued its attacks on the Ukrainian energy sector - said Deputy Energy Minister Artem Nekrasov, as reported by Sky News -. Energy infrastructures in the regions of Zhytomyr, Volyn, Mykolaiv, Poltava, Khmelnytskyi and Rivne were hit. As a result of the attacks, over 500,000 Ukrainians were left without electricity."