
Ukraine's electricity imports fall as crisis fades
Ukraine's imports of electricity dropped by 25% in March compared to the previous month, as the country emerges from a devastating winter brought on by Russian attacks on the energy grid.

Ukraine's imports of electricity dropped by 25% in March compared to the previous month, as the country emerges from a devastating winter brought on by Russian attacks on the energy grid.
The Sheskharis oil terminal was struck by Ukrainian drones, independent Russian Telegram news channel Astra reported, citing eyewitness reports from the area.

Former managers at the state-owned Ukrgazvydobuvannya gas company and affiliated businesspeople organized a scheme to inflate the costs of materials used for gas production, SBU said.

"Serbian authorities have found a powerful explosive device, along with the equipment needed to detonate it, at critical gas infrastructure linking Serbia and Hungary," Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on April 5 in a post on X.

Emergency power outages were reported in Kyiv and Chernihiv oblasts due to Russian attacks on energy infrastructure, regional authorities said.

The number include 940 casualties that Russian forces suffered over the past day.

Three people, including a child, were killed and another 10 were injured in a Russian attack on Odesa overnight on April 6.

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