International Desk: Ukraine's president said six million Ukrainian households are still without power after massive missile strikes hit the country this week, reports BBC.

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Speaking in a video address, President Zelensky said the capital and its surrounding region are among the worst affected by the attacks. He said many residents in the city have been without power "for 20 or even 30 hours".

He said other areas among the worst affected are the regions of Odesa, in the south, Lviv in the west, as well Vinnytsia and Dnipropetrovsk which are more central.

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"We have to endure this winter, a winter that everyone will remember," he said.

The Russian air onslaught comes as the UN's nuclear agency said three nuclear plants on Ukrainian territory had been reconnected to the grid, after they were forced to shut during the attacks this week.

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A fourth nuclear plant, on Russian-controlled territory in Zaporizhzhia, came back online on Thursday.

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