KYIV: Ukraine's state electricity operator on Saturday announced regular scheduled blackouts in Kyiv and seven other regions of the East European country in the aftermath of Russia's devastating strikes on energy infrastructure.

The move comes as Russian forces continue to pound Ukrainian cities and villages with missiles and drones, inflicting damage on power plants, water supplies and other civilian targets, in a grinding war that is nearing its nine-month mark.

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