Russia-Ukraine war: power restored to 6 million Ukrainians after strikes, says Zelenskiy – live

Move follows wave of Russian strikes on power grid as Putin met with top military commanders overseeing the country’s invasion of Ukraine

Ukraine worked to restore electricity and water supplies on Saturday after Russia’s latest wave of attacks pitched multiple cities into darkness and forced people to endure sub-zero temperatures without heating or running water.

Agence France-Presse reported that the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelensky, said late on Saturday that while electricity had been restored to almost 6 million Ukrainians, there were ongoing problems with heat and water supplies and “large-scale outages” in many regions.

The main thing today is energy. There is still a lot of work to do to stabilise the system.

The head of the Russian military flew around the areas of deployment of troops and checked the advanced positions of Russian units in the zone of the special military operation.