Thousands lose power supply after Russia attacks frontline region, Ukraine says

Nov 2 (Reuters) - Nearly 60,000 people were deprived of power supply after Russia's overnight air attack on Ukraine's frontline region of Zaporizhzhia that wounded two and reduced buildings to rubble, the regional governor said on Sunday.

As winter nears, Russia has stepped up missile and drone strikes on generation and distribution facilities to cause outages that send Kyiv's emergency crews racing to repair damage and manage rolling blackouts.

"Crews will restore power as soon as the security situation allows," Ivan Fedorov, the governor of the Zaporizhzhia region, said on the Telegram messaging app, where he posted nighttime photographs of buildings with facades and windows torn off.

Zaporizhzhia endures near daily Russian artillery, missile and drone strikes that have destroyed homes, crippled utilities and killed scores, as Moscow pressures Ukraine's defences and disrupts links between its south and the rest of the country.

Fedorov said the overnight attack wounded two people. Russia's 800 strikes on 18 settlements in the region killed one person and injured three over the 24 hours into Sunday morning, he added.