Russian strikes hit the gas pipeline, cut electricity in Ukraine, officials said

London – Russian strikes injured five people, damaged houses and gas pipelines in the city of South Kherson Ukraine last night on Wednesday, said Regional Governor Oleksandr Prokudin.

Prokudin added that a Russian strike drone was shot down into the Kherson region – which was mostly occupied by Russian troops, with an area divided doubled by the front lines marked by the Dnieper River – and that a woman was killed by a drone attack on Thursday morning.

Ivan Fedorov, Governor of the South Zaporizhhia region – who was also partially occupied by Russia – said the local frontline community was left without electricity due to shooting last night. More than 3,300 customers are affected, said Fedorov in a post for telegram.

In the northwest Kharkiv region, close to the front lines, the governor by Syniehubov said 11 people were injured in the “big” drone attack. Some homes and industrial sites are damaged, he said.

In the central city of Dnipro, local military administration reported a lot of fires caused by the impact of the drone. “Companies, educational and cultural institutions, more than a dozen high -rise buildings are damaged in the city,” he said in Telegram. “More than 60 cars were damaged, some were destroyed. Two trucks were also beaten.”

Overall, the Ukraine Air Force reported one missile and 86 drones launched to the country last night. The troop said to the Telegram that 42 drones were shot down and 26 lost on flights without causing damage. Kharkiv, Sumy, Dnipropetrovsk and Chernihiv were affected, he said.

Meanwhile, the Russian Ministry of Defense, said his troops shot down a Ukraine drone in the West Bryansk region.

Cross -border strikes continue despite progress in the US partial ceasefire intended to freeze military action in the black sea and stop long -distance attacks on energy infrastructure facilities in both countries.

After the conversation in Saudi Arabia this week, the White House said the parties agreed to “develop steps to implement agreements to prohibit attacks on energy facilities in Russia and Ukraine.”

Kremlin said his moratorium began on March 18, although the communication advisor of Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Russia had reached Ukraine’s energy infrastructure eight times since that date.

Zelenskyy said on Wednesday there were no attacks on energy infrastructure in both countries since Tuesday, when Ukraine and Russia agreed to stop for a moment after the last round of discussion in Riyadh.

The White House framed partial ceasefire as a victory in a broader encouragement for peace in Ukraine. But the concern remains in Kyiv that President Donald Trump’s administration is too in harmony with Moscow’s narrative about the conflict.

This week, the Middle East Trump messenger Steve Witkoff – which has been the center of talks with Moscow and Kyiv – echoed the points of misleading Russian talks, for example showing that Russian anexation of five areas of Ukraine – Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson, Zaporizhia and Crimea – had the had the Had The Lohansk.

During a press conference with reporters in Paris on Wednesday, Zelenskyy said Witkoff “often quoted the Kremlin narrative.”

“I think this does not make us close to peace, I think this will sadly weaken US pressure on the Russian federation,” he added. “I have spoken with President Trump more than once – we try to share real and honest information because the Witkoff declaration is disturbing us because we are against Putin and we don’t want him to receive support.”

“I always tell President Trump that we want the US to be on our side,” Zelenskyy said. “And even if the US has chosen to be in the middle then they must remain in the middle and not approach to Kremlin.”

ABC News’ Anna Sergeeva, Nataliia Popova, Oleksi Pshemyskiy, Ellie Kaufman and Will Gretsky contributed to this report.