In Latest Attack, Russia Bombs Many Cities In Ukraine

Russian forces shelled several areas in eastern and southern Ukraine overnight, officials said on Sunday, as officials are working to restore power, water and heating after widespread strikes in recent weeks.

Following a barrage of Russian artillery strikes on at least two occasions in the last two weeks, infrastructure teams in Ukraine were fanning out in around-the-clock deployments to restore key basic services, as many Ukrainians struggled with only a few hours of electricity per day if any.

The state power grid operator, Ukrenergo, announced on Sunday that electricity producers are now meeting roughly 80 per cent of demand. According to the company, this is an improvement over Saturday's 75 per cent.

In another development, it said to be that Russia may abandon the Nuclear plant. The head of Ukraine's state-owned nuclear energy company said on Sunday that there were signs that Russian forces were preparing to leave the massive Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, which they seized shortly after their invasion in March.

This would be a significant battlefield shift in the partially occupied southeastern Zaporizhzhia region, where the front line hasn't moved in months. Fears of a nuclear disaster have been fueled by repeated shelling around the plant.

“In recent weeks, we have effectively received information that signs have appeared that they may be preparing to leave the (plant),” Energoatom CEO Petro Kotin said on national television.

Last week, the IAEA chief met with a Russian delegation in Istanbul to discuss establishing a protection zone around the plant to prevent a nuclear disaster.