Russia Hits Ukraine Energy Grid in Largest Attack Since Spring — SkimNews
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- Russia carried out its largest attack on Ukraine's energy infrastructure since spring, with Prime Minister Serhiy Koretskyi calling it the first mass, combined strike of this scale since the end of the last heating season
- Trypilska thermal power plant, the largest supplier of electricity to Kyiv and located about 40km from the capital, was confirmed damaged by operator Centrenergo, which said it was assessing the scale of destruction
- At least five people were killed in the overnight strikes across Ukraine, including a child whose body was recovered from rubble in the Kyiv region and a Ukrainian utility worker killed at a warehouse in the capital
- DTEK, Ukraine's biggest private energy firm, said it had restored power to 8,000 Kyiv homes after what it called "a difficult night," while state grid operator Ukrenergo urged residents to avoid heavy appliances between 10:00 and 16:00 local time
- President Volodymyr Zelensky reported additional strikes on critical infrastructure in the Zhytomyr, Mykolaiv, Kirovohrad and Rivne regions, and said residential buildings, social infrastructure, civilian enterprises and railways were hit
- Ukraine's Third Army Corps said it had recaptured several settlements near Lyman in Donetsk this week as part of a counter-offensive called Operation Vivaldi, though the broader front line remains largely stagnant
- Russia's defence ministry said it intercepted more than 380 Ukrainian drones overnight over several regions including Moscow, while Kyiv said it struck a Russian drone warehouse in occupied Donetsk
Why it matters: The Trypillska plant — Kyiv's biggest electricity supplier — was directly hit and Centrenergo has not yet gauged the full damage, leaving the capital exposed ahead of winter. Koretskyi's note that attacks have occurred nearly every day since summer suggests Russia is shifting from drip-drone pressure to concentrated, infrastructure-killing strikes timed for the heating season, the pattern Ukraine has braced for every year since 2022.
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