The latest updates from the war in Ukraine.
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00:00 Standing shoulder to shoulder, delegates at the Three Seas Summit in Lithuania's capital
00:06 vowed to protect and boost Ukraine's energy infrastructure.
00:10 Those representing 25 Central, Eastern and Southern European countries would normally
00:15 discuss cooperation on transport, cyber security and energy.
00:20 Their focus has turned to protecting Ukraine's power grid against Russian attacks.
00:25 For us, the biggest challenge for today and you know that we have been attacked again
00:30 this night, this early morning and Kharkiv again, Kharkiv again, Odessa, Zaporizhia,
00:37 Kiev region.
00:38 On Thursday, a Russian missile strike destroyed Kiev's largest coal-fired power plant in
00:44 Trpilsk.
00:46 Russia has targeted Ukraine's energy facilities since late March.
00:50 The northeastern city of Kharkiv has borne the brunt of recent Russian air attacks.
00:55 The power grid has been all but destroyed.
00:58 The attacks have also damaged or destroyed critical infrastructure and residential areas.
01:04 Some 200,000 homes have been left without electricity.
01:08 That number equates to about 80 percent of the population.
01:12 (whooshing)