Ukrainian air defense shot down 11 out of 24 Russian drones launched early on February 2 at critical infrastructure facilities in the Dnipropetrovsk, Kherson, Kirovohrad, and Kharkiv regions, the military said. Following the strikes, more than 40,000 people in the Kryviy Rih area of Dnipropetrovsk were left without electricity, regional officials said. Some 100 miners were temporarily trapped in two mines due to the lack of electricity. An unspecified number were later brought to the surface, authorities said, without elaborating. To read the original story by RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service, click here.
