1. Ukraine plunged into darkness amid Russian shellingPower cuts across Ukraine were announced on Saturday, following intense Russian strikes on the country’s energy infrastructure. Ukraine’s state electricity operator, Ukrenergo, said blackouts would happen in Kyiv and seven other neighbouring regions, Chernihiv, Cherkasy, Zhytomyr, Sumy, Poltava and Kharkiv. The move comes after Russian forces unleashed a series of crippling attacks on Ukraine, damaging power plants, water supplies and other civilian targets. Later on Saturday, Ukrenergo said the planned outages for limited periods of time w…
