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Tens of thousands of residents were left without power after Russia attacked the front-line Zaporizhzhia region overnight into Sunday with drones and missiles.

Regional Gov. Ivan Fedorov said nearly 60,000 people faced power outages and that two people were wounded in the attacks. He posted photos on Telegram of buildings reduced to rubble.

As a result of attacks on Ukraine’s power grid, several regions faced rolling power cuts on Sunday, Ukraine’s national energy operator, Ukrenergo, said.

The strikes were the latest in Russia’s sustained campaign on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure as bitter winter temperatures approach.

Ukrainian cities use centralized public infrastructure to run water, sewage and heating systems, and blackouts stop them from working.

Attacks aim to erode Ukrainian morale as well as disrupt weapons manufacturing and other war-related activity almost four years after of its neighbor.

Analysts and officials say that this year Moscow has , targeting specific and .

have grown more effective as Russia launches , some equipped with cameras that improve targeting, overwhelming air defenses — especially in regions where protection is weaker.

Ukrainian strike sparks fire at Russian port

Meanwhile, a Ukrainian drone strike set an oil tanker and infrastructure ablaze at Russia’s Tuapse port, regional officials said Sunday.

Images circulating on social media channels appeared to show flames engulfing terminal structures and a tanker at the Black Sea port, with multiple blazes visible across the port area. The Associated Press was unable to independently confirm the footage.

A Ukrainian intelligence official told the Associated Press that Ukrainian forces struck a tanker, loading infrastructure and port buildings.

The official said five drone strikes were recorded and the operation was carried out by special forces of Ukraine’s Security Service and other defense forces. The official spoke on condition of anonymity to disclose operational details.

Local Russian authorities said “two foreign civilian ships” were damaged.

Tuapse is home to a major oil export terminal and a refinery belonging to state-owned Russian oil company Rosneft.

Earlier this week, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Ukraine’s long-range have reduced Moscow’s oil refining capacity by 20%, citing intelligence from Western governments. play a key role in funding Russia’s invasion of its neighbor Ukraine. While Ukrainian weapons take aim at the refineries, from the U.S. and the European Union are aiming to cut into Moscow’s oil and gas export earnings.

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