Two dead, thousands without power in Ukraine

Meanwhile, in Chernihiv region, Governor Viacheslav Chaus said repair works were underway to fix damage after a drone strike on an energy facility. ⁠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 on Saturday.

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

Chernihiv was badly hit by power outages over the winter as Russia carried out its biggest bombing ​campaign of the four-year war against Ukraine's electricity ​grid.