Russian air attacks damage power grid in Ukraine's Ternopil, regional official says
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KYIV, Nov 26 (Reuters) -Russia's overnight air attacks damaged the power grid in Ternopil, a major city in western Ukraine, cutting off electricity and water, and disrupting heat supplies, the head of the regional defence headquarters said on Tuesday.
Emergency services were working to restore water supply by early morning, Serhiy Nadal, head of the Ternopil Region Defence Council headquarters, said on his Telegram messaging channel, but power disruptions will continue for hours.
Electric buses that service the city will be replaced with regular buses and generators will help with power shortages in schools, hospitals and government institutions, he said.
Nadal did not provide details on the extent of the damage in the city that had a population of nearly of a quarter of a million before Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine.
The full scale of the attack was also not immediately clear.
Ternopil, some 220 km (134 miles) east of NATO-member Poland, and most of Ukraine were under overnight air raid alert for hours, according to Ukraine's air force data.
Russia also targeted the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv overnight, the military administration of the city said on Telegram, adding that Ukraine's air defence units destroyed more than 10 Russian drones.
Russian drones approached Kyiv in waves and from different directions, but there was no damage or injuries as result of the attack, Serhiy Popko, head of Kyiv's military administration said on Telegram.
Reporting by Valentyn Ogirenko, Writing by Lidia Kelly in Melbourne; Editing by Chris Reese and Himani Sarkar
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