{"id":80835,"date":"2025-12-23T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-23T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gulftimes.ae\/overnight-strikes-leave-death-destruction-and-power-outages-in-ukraine\/"},"modified":"2025-12-23T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2025-12-23T12:00:00","slug":"overnight-strikes-leave-death-destruction-and-power-outages-in-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gulftimes.ae\/?p=80835","title":{"rendered":"Overnight strikes leave death, destruction and power outages in Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<br \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Several civilians were killed and nearly 30 injured, including children, according to local authorities. Homes in seven regions, as well as the capital Kyiv, were damaged.<\/p>\n<p>The UN Children\u2019s Fund (UNICEF) noted \u201ctragic reports\u201d of one child killed and three injured in Kyiv, Vyshhorod and Zhytomyr.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cChildren facing another difficult, terrifying winter: Young lives threatened. Heating, power and water disrupted,\u201d UNICEF tweeted, calling for an end to attacks.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Critical infrastructure hit<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Drone strikes damaged more than 120 residential buildings in the Odesa region, OCHA said.\u00a0 Key energy, port and transport infrastructure, particularly in the port town of Reni, near the border with Romania, were also hit.<\/p>\n<p>The strikes left more than 10,000 customers without electricity, while critical facilities are operating on backup power.<\/p>\n<p>Farther north, strikes damaged energy facilities in Novhorod-Siverskyi, a town in the Chernihiv region, and in Shostka town in the Sumy region.<\/p>\n<p>Parts of Shostka that were already heavily affected by previous attacks were without electricity and heating once again.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Power outages amid winter weather<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Ukraine\u2019s Ministry of Energy also reported large-scale power outages in the Khmelnytskyi, Rivne and Ternopil regions, with disruptions recorded in six additional regions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith the start of the cold season, the most vulnerable need support most. This violence must stop. Civilians must be protected,\u201d OCHA said separately in a tweet.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0Nearly four years have passed since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Humanitarian support for thousands<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Over the past 11 months, the UN and humanitarian partners have reached more than 430,000 people across the country with emergency assistance following strikes.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This support includes essential medical supplies, healthcare services, and cash assistance \u2013 and mostly in front-line regions. Meanwhile, needs are rising in previously less-affected areas as attacks expand.<\/p>\n<p>OCHA reported that an inter-agency convoy delivered eight metric tonnes of humanitarian aid to the community of Novoraiske in the Kherson region on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Items provided included medical and hygiene supplies, charging stations, children\u2019s clothing and mattresses.<\/p>\n<p>Novoraiske is home to some 1,900 people, more than 200 of them children.\u00a0 Several locations there have no access to water, gas or electricity due to the continued hostilities, OCHA said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/news.un.org\/feed\/view\/en\/story\/2025\/12\/1166664\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Several civilians were killed and nearly 30 injured, including children, according to local authorities. 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