Russia drones smash power network in Ukraine's Odesa leaving 1.5 million without power

All non-critical infrastructure in the Ukrainian port of Odesa was without power after Russia used Iranian-made drones to hit two energy facilities, leaving 1.5 million people without power, officials said on Saturday (December 10).

Since October, Moscow has been targeting Ukraine's energy infrastructure with large waves of missile and drone strikes.

Serhiy Bratchuk, spokesperson for Odesa's regional administration, said electricity for the city's population will be restored "in the coming days," while complete restoration of the networks may take two to three months.

Odesa had more than 1 million residents before the Feb. 24 invasion that Russia calls a "special military operation" to "denazify" its smaller neighboUr.

Kyiv says Russia has launched hundreds of Iranian-made Shahed-136 drones at targets in Ukraine, describing the attacks as war crimes due to their devastating effect on civilian life. Moscow says its attacks are militarily legitimate and that it does not target civilians.

Ukraine's prosecutor general's office said two power facilities in Odesa region were hit by Shahed-136 drones.

Ukraine's armed forces said on Facebook that 15 drones had been launched against targets in the southern regions of Odesa and Mykolaiv, and 10 had been shot down.

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[gasparcaraballe]

Useless tactics. It only emboldens Ukraine to resist ruzzian aggression.

[TheJohndoes]

When I was young we were so poor when it was cold my dad would give a candle and when it was bloody freezing he would let me light it

[onlymoney]

this is what USA did with Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria, Libya, Palestine, Vietnam so if that war was right then why Russia war is wrong.
i don’t understand this double standard and what is wrong with the people why they don’t understand that politicians use news agencies for their own interests.

[devilpupbear]

Mankind has survived without electricity before, they can do it again for a limited time

[Betterthantelly]

How about stop fighting and be peaceful

[RaymondL]

Time for Russians to do without power...JS

[nik]

Putin knows that Russia is not a country actually, it's just a militarized gas station that can't produce even a primitive electric device like an electric kettle. That's why he wants to grab not only the new lands, but qualified people as well to boost Russia's economy. Me and my dad are from Kiev, my dad used to work as an engineer for Soviet military - he tested sonars against NATO submarines. Many Ukrainian engineers worked for the space program of USSR, the well known Ukrainian Korolev sent Yuri Gagarin to the Space. Russia wants to grab all the resources it could sniff - lands, soil, people, water reserves, wheat, grain. If Russia fails to grab the new resources, it will eventually collapse

[imperatorvespasian]

Iranian Drones? guess the British, French, German, Polish, Italian and american tanks, artillary and Drones and all the polish soldiers fighting in Ukraine dont count.

[YossiCohen]

If residents want to take a 🤳 then remember to turn the flash on 📸 🤳

[cristo]

Apparently the Russians think HIMARS run off of electricity.🤭

[bazsika]

Maybe Ukraine should send a few missiles to the Kremlin..for Christmas

[hieronymusjacabusprincepso]

Donetsk city has been shelled since 2014...but ssshhh dont say anything anti-nato.

[rikgissel]

Why couldn’t the time traveller warn you about this attack in advance? 🤡

[theeraphatsunthornwit]

Never blow our candle, we have used up our last matchstick 😱

[mayhem]

But how ? Ukraine shoot down 16 out of 15 drones. 🤣🤣

[MrJonathanainsworth]

Maybe call Boris Johnson for more money.

[kevinjackson]

Ukraine should smash power network in russia, all`s fair in love and war. SLAVA UKRAINI.

[kmssamirkhan]

candle 🕯 business is working well in ukrain now

[dieselodesa]

Ниче, переживем. Но сдаваться не дождуться русские твари.

[SlavaKalibru]

Пора выпускать новую почтовую марку на фоне генераторов)) как там обстановка окраинцы, всё в пакеты ходите по большому? Не зря на майдан выходили