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Russian strikes cause new outages in 7 Ukrainian regions, Kyiv area worst hit, official says

Reuters

Nov 6 (Reuters) - ‌Russian attacks on ​Ukraine's energy ‌infrastructure caused new ‌power outages overnight and ‌on Friday morning in seven Ukrainian regions, Deputy ⁠Energy Minister ‌Artem Nekrasov ⁠said.

The affected regions ​are Vinnytsia, Dnipropetrovsk, Zhytomyr, Zaporizhzhia, ​Kyiv, Kharkiv ​and ‌Chernihiv.

"The situation remains ​most ⁠difficult in ‌the capital region," ​Nekrasov ​said, adding that utility workers were still having ‌to impose network restrictions ‌because ​of heavy damage.

(Reporting by Lina Golovnya; Editing ‌by Emelia Sithole-Matarise)