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Russia suffers attack on key power substation supplying military facilities
The Balashovskaia power substation in Russia's Volgograd Oblast has come under attack, disrupting electricity supplies to Russian military infrastructure. Source: Andrii Kovalenko, the head of the Centre for Countering Disinformation under the National Security and Defence Council of Ukraine Details: The substation supplies electricity to Russia's
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Russia attacks infrastructure in Ukraine's Kirovohrad region: 19 settlements left without power
Russian forces attacked the Kirovohrad region overnight, targeting critical infrastructure. As a result of the attack, 10 settlements were left without power, according to Andrii Raikovych, head of the Kirovohrad Regional Military Administration.
Russian forces struck the city of Lozova in Kharkiv Oblast on the morning of 25 October, leaving around 25,000 consumers without electricity. Source: Kharkiv Oblast Military Administration Details: Emergency services are already working at the scene and no casualties were reported.
As the lights went out in her hometown, 40-year-old Zinaida Kot could not help but think about her next dialysis treatment for kidney disease. Without electricity, the machine that keeps her alive stops working.
Russian attacks killed four people and left hundreds of thousands without power and many without water in Ukraine's Chernihiv region on Tuesday, Moscow's latest salvo in a campaign to break its neighbour's energy system ahead of winter.
As winter slows the pace of battlefield combat, Moscow and Kyiv are betting on campaigns against each other’s energy assets to break a stalemate in the conflict.
Power has been restored to over 800,000 residents in Kyiv, a day after Russia launched major attacks on Ukraine's power grid, causing widespread blackouts.
For Putin, the Zaporizhzhia plant serves as a valuable asset, one that can be traded to extract concessions from the West