Firefighters work at a site of a thermal power plant damaged by a Russian missile strike in Kharkiv
(Picture: REUTERS)Ukraine has accused Russia of causing blackouts across the country in a “coward response” to a counter-offensive that has driven Moscow’s troops out of swathes of territory.
A Russian bombardment ignited a massive fire at a power station on Kharkiv’s western outskirt which appeared to leave Ukraine’s second-largest city without power on Sunday night.