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Four million people in Ukraine affected by power cuts, Zelensky says

Electrical wires damaged by Russian military strikes are seen in a village near a frontline in Mykolaiv region, Ukraine on October 28, 2022. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko © Valentyn Ogirenko, Reuters

About four million people across Ukraine are being affected by rolling power cuts due to Russian strikes on electricity infrastructure, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in his Friday evening address. Earlier on Friday, Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu said that Moscow had "completed" the mobilisation of 300,000 reservists in just over a month. The minister's comments came a day after the Moscow-backed head of the Crimea region said that the evacuation of civilians from occupied Kherson had been "completed". Read our liveblog to see how the day's events unfolded. All times are Paris time (GMT+2). 

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