Regional governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said a power substation near the border in the Russian city of Belgorod was set ablaze by a Ukrainian strike on Friday.
“An electric substation … caught fire after the strike at Belgorod,” Gladkov said on Telegram, adding that it would take “up to four hours” to activate the backup system and restore power.
He did not specify how many people lost power in the city of 330,000, which has so far rarely been hit by Ukrainian fires, unlike the surrounding Belgorod region.
Images posted on social media showed the moment of impact with the facility in flames.
Gladkov also posted pictures of the fire, which was brought under control around 1700 GMT.
“We’re going to try to repair all the damage as quickly as possible,” Gladkov said.
he added another Ukraine’s missiles It hit a railway line and damaged several power lines, disrupting rail traffic for several hours.
On Thursday, an attack from Ukraine destroyed a munitions depot in the Belgorod region.
The same day a rocket destroyed the top floor of an apartment building in the city of Belgorod, but there were no casualties.
Earlier in the week, attacks in Ukraine caused power outages in the city of Shebekino, killing a 74-year-old woman and wounding several others in the city.
Last week Russia complained of an increase in artillery and missile attacks on its territory bordering Ukraine.
This story has been published without modification in text from a wire agency feed.
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