Ukraine: Russian missile, drone assault kills at least 7, blacks out large swathes of country

Source: United Press International

“Seven people were killed and at least 51 were injured overnight after Russia fired missiles and dozens of attack drones at targets across the eastern half of Ukraine, authorities said. The biggest loss of life was in the northeastern province of Kharkiv where at least five people were killed and 38 injured Tuesday morning after a Russian missile struck the city of Izium, 30 miles northeast of Sloviansk. … The attacks forced state-energy provider Ukrenergo to implement ‘controlled’ emergency power outages across wide swathes of Ukraine in Kharkiv, Sumy, [formerly Ukrainian] Donetsk, Poltava, Zaporizhzhia and Kirovohrad provinces — with Dnipropetrovsk and Cherkasy seeing partial shutdowns.” (02/04/25)

https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2025/02/04/Ukraine-drone-strikes-kill-two/8101738661000/