Storm strikes Black Sea coasts of Russia and Ukraine, killing at least three

According to Russian official media and the Ukrainian Ministry of Energy, a storm in the Black Sea area flooded roads, uprooted trees, and knocked down power lines, leaving more than 500,000 people without electricity in occupied Crimea, Russia, and Ukraine. In 16 Ukrainian regions, including Odesa, Mykolaiv, and inland Kyiv, more than 2,000 towns and villages lost electricity on Sunday night and Monday morning due to uprooted trees, snapped power lines, and malfunctioning electrical substations, leaving nearly 150,000 households without electricity, according to the country's Energy Ministry. In the Ukrainian port city of Odesa, a 110-meter (360-foot) chimney of a heat and power plant fell on Sunday night, compounding the country's already severe losses in energy infrastructure as a result of Moscow's military operation targeting Ukraine's power grid. Russia has begun hitting civilian infrastructure located distant from the battle lines as winter draws closer, depriving millions of Ukrainians of power, heat, and water for extended periods. Even though Odesa's facilities were shut down for many hours owing to power outages, the heating supply has now been restored. However, Ukrainian officials stated they anticipated the weather to get worse because forecasts were predicting further snowfall and high winds.