At least twenty thousand people remained without electricity in the Belgorod and Kursk regions, on the border with Ukraine, following attacks by Kiev’s forces on some power plants. This was reported by local authorities.
In the Belgorod region, regularly targeted by Ukrainian fire, governor Vyacheslav Gladkov reported on Telegram that “the electricity and heating distribution network has suffered serious damage” in the regional capital of the same name. “Several streets are affected by power problems,” added the governor, “more than 20,000 residents are without electricity.”
In the Kursk region, also on the border with Ukraine, “a fire broke out in one of the energy plants in the village of Korenevo”, which left 10 localities without electricity, governor Alexander Khinshtein said on Telegram, who did not provide estimates on the number of residents without electricity. Finally, in the Voronezh region, a fire broke out in a heating system, says governor Alexander Gusev.
