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Russia targets Ukrainian electrical power plants, causing widespread outages

A fire caused by a Russian attack in Dnipro, Ukraine, on March 22, 2024. Photo provided by Petro Andryuschenko, the adviser of the head of Mariupol city's administration. AP

Russia attacked electrical power facilities in much of Ukraine, including the country’s largest hydroelectric plant, causing widespread outages and killing at least three people, officials said Friday.

Energy Minister German Galushchenko said the nighttime drone and rocket attacks were “the largest attack on the Ukrainian energy sector in recent times. The goal is not just to damage, but to try again, like last year, to cause a large-scale disruption of the country’s energy system.”

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