Russia Drones Smash Power Network in Ukraine’s Odesa, Leaving 1.5 Million without Power

A local resident stands at a transport stop near a stopped trolleybus during a power outage after critical civil infrastructure was hit by Russian missile attacks, as Russia's invasion of Ukraine continues, in Odesa, Ukraine December 5, 2022. (Reuters)

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. 

"The situation in the Odesa region is very difficult," President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said in his nightly video address.