A Russian drone strike cut off electricity in Volodymr Zelensky’s hometown of Kryvyi Rih in the early hours of Friday, the national grid operator Ukrenergo said.

The power outages overnight trapped 113 miners underground but they were rescued by the early hours of Friday morning, the city’s mayor Oleksandr Vilkul said.

Ukraine’s air defence said they shot down 11 out of 24 Russian drones targeting critical infrastructure in the southeast overnight.

Mr Vilkul said on Telegram that three drones were shot down and there had been a “blow to the critical infrastructure of our city”.

He said around 100,000 people in the Saksagan, Dovhyntsiv, and Pokrovsky districts of the city were left without electricity, including some of the city’s hospitals, kindergartens, and schools.

Mr Vikul said the situation was under control by 7am all hospitals had electricity again.

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