night-time attacks
\n KYIV
\nRussia staged night-time attacks on energy facilities in the southern Ukrainian region of Odesa, officials said Wednesday, cutting electricity to the Black Sea territory and leaving at least one dead.
\nMoscow has stepped up drone and missile attacks on Ukraine even as rhetoric builds in Washington and Moscow on potential talks to halt fighting.
\nRegional authorities announced that \u201ccritical infrastructure has been damaged and part of the city has been left without electricity, water and heat.\u201d
\nEmergency services described the damage as \u201clarge-scale\u201d and released images showing firefighters battling blazes.
\nThe governor said a 77-year-old man was killed by shrapnel in village outside Odesa city.
\nSeparately the governor of the neighboring region of Kherson said a 55-year-old was killed in Kherson city.
\nThere was no immediate comment from Moscow on the attacks.
\nThe Ukrainian airforce said Russia had launched four missiles and 181 drones, including the Iranian-designed Shahed attack unmanned aerial vehicles, adding Kyiv had shot down 115 of the Russian drones.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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