Europe 1 with AFP 9:21 p.m., November 14, 2022
According to Ukrainian national operator Ukrenergo, Russia destroyed a key power plant in Kherson before the withdrawal of its troops from the city and the right bank of the Dnieper River in southern Ukraine last week.
"Most of the liberated region of Kherson has been without electricity since November 6."
Ukrainian national operator Ukrenergo said on Monday that Russia destroyed a key power station in Kherson before its troops withdrew from the city and the right bank of the Dnieper River in southern Ukraine last week.
"The power station that supplied electricity for the entire right bank in the Kherson region and a significant part of the Mykolaiv region is practically destroyed," Ukrenergo chairman Volodymyr Kudrytsky wrote on Facebook, adding that It was one of the "consequences of the helpless fear of the occupants before their flight".
No electricity since November 6
"Most of the liberated region of Kherson has been without electricity since November 6," Volodymyr Kudrytsky continued.
“We are doing our best to supply people with electricity as soon as possible,” he wrote again.
Ukraine "has forwarded the list of equipment that the Kherson region needs to our international partners", he said, adding that "Poland and France have already responded".
Kherson had been the first major city and the only regional center to fall after the Russian invasion launched at the end of February.
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