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Russia used more than 450 drones and 30 missiles, Volodymyr Zelenskyy said. (State Emergency Service of Ukraine)
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More than a million households across Ukraine were left without power after a large Russian attack on the country's power grid.
Five people were left wounded from the attack that Volodymyr Zelenskyy said consisted of more than 450 drones and 30 missiles.
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Germany is hosting ceasefire talks on Monday, local time, with officials from the US and Ukraine to attend.
More than a million households across Ukraine were left without power and five people were wounded after a large Russian attack on the power grid.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Russia had attacked with more than 450 drones and 30 missiles.
The southern port city of Odesa and the surrounding region suffered major blackouts on Saturday local time as a result of the attack.
"The brunt of the attack was on our energy system, on the south and Odesa region," Mr Zelenskyy wrote on Telegram.
He added that thousands of families in seven regions across Ukraine were left without power.
Five people were left wounded in the attack. (State Emergency Service of Ukraine)
Ukraine's Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko said it was one of the war's largest attacks on Odesa, where supplies of electricity and water had been knocked out.
She said supplies of non-drinking water were being brought in to areas of the city.
Ukraine's Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko confirmed that more than a million households across the country had been left without power.
The power grid operator said a "significant number" of houses were affected, and the Ukrainian-controlled part of the frontline Kherson region was totally without power.
Moscow has regularly bombarded Ukraine's energy system since its 2022 invasion, causing hours of daily blackouts countrywide.
Russia's defence ministry said on Saturday it had conducted strikes on Ukrainian energy and military-industrial facilities.
Residents queued up for water in Odesa after the blackout. (Reuters: Nina Liashonok)
Ceasefire talks to continue in Germany
Germany will host US and Ukrainian delegations over the weekend for talks on a ceasefire, before a summit with European leaders and Mr Zelenskyy in Berlin on Monday, a German official said.
A US official said President Donald Trump's envoy Steve Witkoff and son-in-law Jared Kushner were travelling to Germany for talks involving Ukrainians and Europeans.
The choice to send Mr Witkoff, who has led negotiations with Ukraine and Russia regarding a US peace proposal, appeared to be a signal that Washington saw a chance of progress after nearly four years of war since Russia's 2022 invasion.
The White House said on Thursday, Mr Trump would send an official to talks only if he felt there was enough progress to be made.
Britain, France and Germany have been working in the past few weeks to refine the US proposals, which, in a draft disclosed last month, called for Kyiv to cede more territory, abandon its ambition to join NATO and accept limits on its armed forces.
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said in a speech on Saturday that Europe had to brace for a fundamental shift in its relations with the US while facing a growing threat from Russia.
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, after a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday, said "peace is not far away".
Reuters
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