More than 40 thousand people were left without electricity as a result of the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ unmanned aerial vehicles attacking a high voltage transformer in the Zaporozhye region. This was stated by the regional governor Evgeniy Balitsky. telegram channel.
“Enemy planes attacked the high voltage transformer in the village. Mikhailovka. More than 40 thousand subscribers were left without electricity,” says the message of the regional head, published at 23:05 Moscow time.
Balitsky added that reconnection efforts are currently being organized to restore power supply.
The Zaporozhye region became a subject of the Russian Federation after the referendum held in September 2022, the results of which the Ukrainian authorities did not recognize. More than 70% of the Zaporozhye region is under the control of the Russian Armed Forces; The city of Zaporozhye, the former regional center of the region, is under the control of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
News is being updated.