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Russian strikes kill at least eight in Ukraine, Ukrainian officials say
Al Jazeera reports attacks across nine regions cut power to over a million people, according to Ukrainian officials.
The short version
- Russian attacks on Friday killed at least eight people and injured 60 across Ukraine, according to Ukrainian officials.[Al Jazeera]
- Ukrainian officials say strikes hit nine regions and two shopping centres, including sites in Kharkiv, Volyn and Rivne.[Al Jazeera]
- Attacks cut power to more than a million people, and the energy ministry says crews have restored it to over a million.[Al Jazeera]
- Russia's military chief told Putin the military had allocated assets to press its aerial campaign on Ukraine's energy system.[Al Jazeera]
Key facts
- Russian attacks on Friday killed at least eight people and injured 60 across Ukraine, according to Ukrainian officials.[Al Jazeera]
- The attacks on Friday struck nine regions, and two shopping centres were hit, according to Ukrainian officials.[Al Jazeera]
- In Kharkiv, a 71-year-old woman and a 58-year-old man were killed and 12 people wounded in strikes on three districts, Governor Oleh Syniehubov said.[Al Jazeera]
- In Volyn, a drone strike on a food-processing facility killed one person and wounded eight, Governor Roman Romaniuk said.[Al Jazeera]
- Ukraine's Ministry of Energy said repair crews had restored power to more than a million people who lost it on Friday.[Al Jazeera]
- Russia's military chief told President Vladimir Putin on Friday that the military had allocated the assets needed to press its aerial campaign against Ukraine's energy system.[Al Jazeera]
What remains uncertain
- Casualty, injury and outage totals are attributed to Ukrainian officials and are not independently verified in the reporting.[Al Jazeera]
- The Lutsk blackout could last at least 24 hours, according to the mayor, so the duration remains an estimate.[Al Jazeera]
- Russia's stated allocation of assets to its aerial campaign is not independently confirmed in the provided reporting.[Al Jazeera]
- Only Al Jazeera is reporting this event in the provided set, so no second outlet independently corroborates these details.[Al Jazeera]
Sources
Outlet counts describe coverage, not independent confirmation. Reports may share a wire service or original source.