A Russian Su-30 fighter crashed into a residential building in Irkutsk, Siberia. Sunday — Second incident of this kind in less than a week. Two deaths have been reported so far.
Meanwhile, there are growing fears that the Russian government will try to destroy the main hydroelectric dam in the Kherson region to slow the advance of Ukrainian forces. Ukraine and Russia have accused each other of targeting Russian-controlled dams.
Kremlin-backed authorities are also stepping up efforts to move civilians from the Russian-held city of Kherson to Crimea and other occupied territories. Ukrainian officials are calling Moscow’s attempt to “depopulate” the region of Ukraine that Kyiv is trying to recapture. .
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Temporary blackouts hit the regions of Kyiv, Chernihiv, Cherkasy, Zhytomyr, Sumy, Kharkov, Poltava, Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhia and Kirovohrad.
Ukrainian officials say the Russian strike has destroyed about 30% of the country’s autotransformers. Autotransformers are important for sending power along the country’s distribution grid.
Sammy Westfall contributed to this report
