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Russia-controlled areas of Ukraine’s Kherson left with no power, Moscow official says

By Thomson Reuters Jun 25, 2026 | 5:59 PM

June 26 (Reuters) – Power was fully or partially cut off across the Russian-held ​part of Ukraine’s ‌Kherson region bordering Crimea, the Russian-installed governor, Vladimir Saldo, said on Telegram early on Friday.

Saldo did ‌not ​provide details.

In ⁠Sevastopol, the biggest ⁠city in Crimea which Russia annexed in 2014, power supply was restricted to avoid ​overloading the strained network, following Ukraine drone ⁠attacks which also ⁠triggered a fuel crisis.

The ​number of trains to Crimea, ​a popular summer destination for ‌Russian tourists, will be gradually reduced, Crimea’s Russia-installed governor Sergei Aksyonov said on ⁠Thursday.  Earlier, he ordered the suspension of children’s summer camps there.

Aksyonov ⁠also ‌said one person ⁠was killed in a ​drone ‌attack in Crimea near ​the ⁠crossing into the Russian-held part of the Kherson region on Thursday.

(Reporting by Jekaterīna Golubkova in Tokyo; Editing by ​Sanjeev Miglani)