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Most of Ukraine’s Chernihiv region without power after Russian attack

By Thomson Reuters Mar 21, 2026 | 2:56 AM

KYIV, March 21 (Reuters) – Most of Ukraine’s northern Chernihiv ​region was ‌left without power on Saturday after a Russian drone attack, ‌local ​governor ⁠Viacheslav Chaus said.

He ⁠said repair works were underway to fix the damage. ​The region, which borders Russia ⁠and Belarus, ⁠had a ​pre-war population of nearly ​a million.

The regional capital, ‌also called Chernihiv, was fully without power, ⁠the city administration there said.

Russia has conducted a ⁠vast ‌bombardment campaign ⁠against Ukrainian energy ​facilities ‌throughout the war, ​causing ⁠regular, hours-long blackouts across the country.

(Reporting by Max Hunder; Editing by Kirsten ​Donovan)