Dnipropetrovsk outages hit 200,000, governor says

More than 200,000 electricity subscribers remained without power in Ukraine's central Dnipropetrovsk region after Russian attacks, regional governor Oleksandr Ganzha said Friday.

Ukraine's air force said Russia used ballistic missiles and drones to attack several regions overnight, including Dnipropetrovsk. The attacks caused a widespread blackout in the city of Dnipro.

Power company DTEK said grid operator Ukrenergo ordered emergency power cuts across Dnipro, adjacent districts and parts of Pavlograd district. DTEK said equipment in the region had been seriously damaged and that workers were trying to restore power to critical infrastructure.

Ganzha said electricity had been restored to most consumers who were cut off, but more than 200,000 subscribers still had no power.

Mykola Lukashuk, head of the regional council, warned residents to prepare for possible repeated attacks and longer disruption to electricity, water and communications. Dnipro mayor Borys Filatov urged people to keep at least one or two days of water at home.

Russia's defence ministry said its air defence systems shot down more than 1,000 Ukrainian drones overnight across Russian regions.

The outages came a day after a Russian drone strike hit a busy railway platform in Dnipropetrovsk, killing at least 14 people and wounding more than a dozen others, according to Ukrainian officials.