00:00Russia launched nearly 100 drones into Ukraine overnight into Thursday,
00:07targeting energy infrastructure in the Dnepropetrovsk and Zaporizhia regions
00:11and triggering water and power outages.
00:14Electricity in Zaporizhia gradually began returning by Thursday morning,
00:19but the situation in Dnepropetrovsk remained critical in the afternoon.
00:24Around one million people in the region still lacked water and heating, according to officials.
00:30Critical services have been disrupted,
00:33with city hospitals across Dnepro partially operating on generator power.
00:38Public transportation, including the metro, was also disrupted,
00:41and school holidays in the region have been extended by a few days.
00:46Temperatures in Ukraine are expected to drop below minus 10 degrees Celsius in the coming days,
00:52making power and heating outages even more difficult and dangerous for the population.
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