Ukraine says 30% of its power plants destroyed in last eight days

President Volodymyr Zelensky said nearly a third of Ukraine’s power stations have been destroyed in the past week, 'causing massive blackouts across the country'.

Tue, 18 Oct, 2022 - 20:39

Hanna Arhirova, Associated Press

Airstrikes cut power and water supplies to hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians as part of what the country’s president called an expanding Russian campaign to drive the nation into the cold and dark and make peace talks impossible.

President Volodymyr Zelensky said nearly a third of Ukraine’s power stations have been destroyed in the past week, “causing massive blackouts across the country”.