A Russian drone attack in Poltava Oblast overnight left thousands of people without power and running water, Governor Filip Pronin reported on July 20.
Poltava Oblast came under a drone attack in the early hours of July 20, damaging infrastructure in Myrhorod district and causing a fire to break out at an energy facility, Pronin said. There were no reports of casualties.
As a result of the attack, 16 settlements were left without electricity, impacting 3,800 households, while 700 households were left without water.
The water supply was restored by around 9:30 a.m. local time, Pronin said.
According to the Ukrainian Air Force, 12 drones launched by Russia were downed by Ukraine overnight.
The capital has been under near-continuous Russian attack for a second consecutive day. During the night and morning of Sept. 26 alone, air raid alerts were issued five times, some lasting several hours.
Ukraine's Unmanned Systems Forces said the strike on the oil refinery, located approximately 400 kilometers (250 miles) from where the Ukrainian drones were launched, was carried out by the 1st Separate Center of the Unmanned Systems Forces and the 414th Separate Brigade, known as "Madyar's Birds," along with other Ukrainian military units.
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