Some 4.5 million Ukrainians, accounting for one-tenth of the country’s population, were left without electricity on Thursday night, after Russian attacks on the country’s energy network. Power went out both in the capital Kyiv and in 10 other regions. The Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy said „the Russians cannot beat Ukraine on the battlefield, so they try to break our people” by resorting to „energy terrorism.” Meanwhile, Ukraine „firmly” condemned the „massive displacement” of civilians in Russian-controlled Kherson region (south) for fear of a massive Ukrainian counteroffensive. Civilians were reportedly also moved in the neighbouring region of Zaporizhzhia and in Crimea, the peninsula annexed by Russia in 2014, as well as in the eastern provinces of Luhansk and Donetsk, partly controlled by pro-Moscow secessionists.
Eugen Cojocariu, Radio Romania International
