Ukraine hits blackout after multi-region strike
Russian forces attacked energy targets in ten oblasts, forcing emergency power cuts in Kyiv and leaving some consumers without electricity for over 12 hours.
By Chioma Kuznetsov ·
Artem Nekrasov, First Deputy Minister of Energy, said Russian forces struck energy facilities in ten Ukrainian oblasts during the night of November 2 and the morning of November 3. The attacks used missiles and drones to hit power plants, transmission substations, and combined heat and power plants.
Nekrasov identified the affected regions as Vinnytsia, Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhzhia, Zhytomyr, Rivne, Odesa, Chernihiv, Chernivtsi, Khmelnytskyi, and Kharkiv. He stated that the power supply situation is most difficult in Vinnytsia, Zhytomyr, and Kharkiv, where extensive damage left some consumers without electricity.
According to the Ministry of Energy, Russian forces targeted energy infrastructure more than 20 times on November 2. Prime Minister Serhii Koretskyi confirmed that major power stations in Dnipropetrovsk, Vinnytsia, and Kharkiv were hit. He also noted attacks on key substations, particularly in western Ukraine.
A discrepancy exists between the two officials regarding the scope of the attack. Koretskyi's statement referred to nine oblasts, while the Ministry of Energy data cited by Nekrasov listed ten.
Emergency power outages were applied on the morning of November 3 in Kyiv and the oblasts of Kyiv, Poltava, Sumy, Chernihiv, Cherkasy, and Kharkiv. These cuts resulted from equipment damage and voltage drops in the high-voltage network.
In regions without emergency outages, scheduled power cuts were enforced on November 3. Some consumers in these areas are without electricity for more than 12 hours, marking the first outages of this volume this autumn.
