US EditionUkrainian attack damages power plants in Russian-controlled parts of Donetsk, official says
The overnight drone attack shut down boiler houses and water filtration systems, cutting power to roughly 500,000 people, Moscow-installed Donetsk head Denis Pushilin said.
- Moscow-Installed Donetsk leader Denis Pushilin reported a Ukrainian strike damaged the Zuivska and Starobesheve thermal power plants, shutting boiler houses and water filtration plants and leaving roughly 500,000 people without power while emergency crews worked to restore supplies.
- In recent weeks, Kyiv has stepped up long-range drone and missile strikes against power plants to disrupt military logistics following an accord to acquire up to 100 jets and drones.
- Local officials reported fires in Dnipro after a drone attack, saying `Fires broke out in Dnipro and the district due to a UAV attack`, Vladyslav Gaivanenko said; Reuters said it could not independently verify the reports and Ukraine had no immediate comment.
- Regional authorities reported wounded and deaths after missile and aerial attacks, saying civilians in eastern Ukraine faced multiple deadly incidents including Russian strikes that killed five and destroyed a kindergarten, while three died in Balakliya and a 17-year-old later died in hospital.
- The pattern of reciprocal strikes positions energy infrastructure as a key target, with Moscow intensifying daily drone and missile barrages in recent months targeting Ukraine's energy infrastructure.
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After Ukrainian drone attacks, the Russian occupied part of eastern Ukraine has failed electricity and district heating. Now, the Moscow administration is resorting to an emergency measure.
Ukrainian drone operators from the 1st Independent Center for Unmanned Systems struck two Russian thermal power plants in the occupied Donetsk region on Tuesday night. The head of the Ukrainian drone operators, Robert Brovdi, alias Maďar, reported this on Facebook, who posted a video of the operation.
The commander of the Ukrainian drone forces confirmed the attacks on two thermoelectric power plants in Donetsk, occupied by Russia. (ANSA)
Ukrainian Strikes Leave Majority of Occupied Donetsk Without Power for Second Night, Proxy Leader Says
Nearly two-thirds of energy customers in eastern Ukraine’s occupied Donetsk region were left without power on Tuesday following a second consecutive night of Ukrainian strikes on local energy infrastructure, Kremlin-installed officials said. Describing the overnight Ukrainian attacks as “unprecedented,” Denis Pushilin, the Moscow-backed head of the Donetsk region, said the strikes targeted the Zuivska and Starovesheve power stations. “At the mo…
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