Ukraine Says Russian Attacks Trigger Emergency Power Cuts in Multiple Regions

Ukraine’s national power company said Russian attacks on energy infrastructure caused emergency power cuts in Kharkiv, Sumy and Poltava regions on the 8th. According to Sina Finance, DTEK said Kyiv and the surrounding region also experienced emergency cuts that morning, while more than 600,000 residents in Dnipropetrovsk region, including in Pavlohrad, lost power; Zhytomyr region reported outages affecting 312,000 households and heating disruptions in more than 100 apartment buildings in the city. Ukraine’s Air Force said Russian forces launched three missiles and 164 drones between the evening of the 7th and early morning of the 8th, and that Ukrainian forces had intercepted or suppressed 137 drones by 8:00 on the 8th. Russia’s Defense Ministry said it struck energy infrastructure supporting Ukraine’s armed forces, including a substation in Zhytomyr region serving Ukrainian defense-industry companies, and a vessel in the Black Sea carrying military supplies for Ukraine.