Russian forces carried out a large-scale attack on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure on the night of 21-22 October.
Source: DTEK, Ukraine’s largest private energy company; local power distribution companies; Oblast Military Administrations
Details: Energy facilities in Kyiv were hit, while Poltava Oblast also suffered damage. Direct hits and the fall of debris from downed aerial assets damaged facilities in the Myrhorod district operated by oil and gas companies, although no casualties were reported.
The Russians attacked the city of Izmail in Odesa Oblast, damaging energy and port infrastructure.
“Power supply in the city is being gradually restored. Critical infrastructure is operating on generators and invincibility centres have been set up,” said Oleh Kiper, Head of Odesa Oblast Military Administration, at 08:12 on 22 October. [An invincibility centre is a heated premises stocked with food and power banks to assist residents facing hardships due to power cuts – ed.]
DTEK said one of its facilities in Odesa Oblast had been hit.
Damage to energy infrastructure was also reported in Cherkasy Oblast, where Oblast Military Administration reported that “critical infrastructure has been affected“, although no details have been released.
In Sumy Oblast, at least one strike hit a civilian infrastructure facility.
In Chernihiv Oblast, Russian forces struck energy facilities in three hromadas in the Koriukivka and Novhorod-Siverskyi districts. [A hromada is an administrative unit designating a village, several villages, or a town, and their adjacent territories – ed.]
“Our power engineers have been working around the clock to restore power to homes,” Chernihiv Oblast Military Administration reported.
In Kirovohrad Oblast, missile and drone attacks left 27 settlements without power.
In the town of Kamianske in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, a local infrastructure facility was struck, and hits were also reported in two hromadas of the oblast.
In the city of Lozova in Kharkiv Oblast, the railway infrastructure sustained damage.
Background:
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As a result of the large-scale missile and drone attack on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure, emergency power cuts have been introduced in most regions of the country.
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The intensive strikes have caused damage and power outages across Ukraine, while some trains are operating with delays and on altered routes.
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