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Drone attack damages power, water supply in Poltava Oblast

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Drone attack damages power, water supply in Poltava Oblast
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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.

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The Kyiv Independent staff documented what it feels like to live and sleep in Kyiv, Ukraine, as Russia intensifies its drone and missile attacks on the city. Filmed over several weeks in June and July, our journalists take shelter in bathrooms, basements, and parking garages as explosions ring out overhead.

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