Yevgeny Balitsky, Moscow-installed governor of the Russian-controlled parts of Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia region attends a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin (not pictured), amid the Russia-Ukraine conflict, at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia November 18, 2024. Sputnik/Vyacheslav Prokofyev/Pool via REUTERS Purchase Licensing Rights , opens new tab

MOSCOW, Oct 7 (Reuters) – The Russian-controlled part of Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia region was left largely without electricity for a time on Tuesday after a Ukrainian drone strike, Russian-installed governor Yevgeny Balitsky said.

Balitsky, in a later post on Telegram, said power had been restored throughout those parts of Zaporizhzhia region under Moscow’s control. He thanked emergency crews for their fast work.

The Russian-appointed governor of the neighbouring Kherson region, Vladimir Saldo, said separately that around 38,000 people there were without power, though he did not say whether it was connected to the outages in Zaporizhzhia.

Russia controls around three-quarters of the two southern Ukrainian regions, with frontlines largely unchanged since 2022.

Reuters was unable to confirm the reports, and there was no immediate comment from Kyiv.

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