An overnight Russian attack on the Kremenchuk and Lubny districts of the Poltava region in Ukraine cut power to hundreds of customers and damaged administrative buildings of a local power infrastructure operation, the regional governor said on Tuesday.

“Fortunately, there were no casualties,” Governor Volodymyr Kohut said on the Telegram messaging app.

He said that in the Lubny district, nearly 1 500 residential and 119 commercial customers were left without power.

Ukraine’s security

The United States (US) President Donald Trump told Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Monday that America would help guarantee Ukraine’s security in any deal to end Russia’s war there, though the extent of any assistance was not immediately clear.

Trump made the pledge during an extraordinary summit at the White House, where he hosted Zelenskyy and a group of European allies following his meeting on Friday in Alaska with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

“When it comes to security, there’s going to be a lot of help,” Trump told reporters, adding that European countries would be involved.

“They are a first line of defence because they’re there, but we’ll help them out.”

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