Russia Strikes 6 Major Power Substations Across Ukraine Overnight

Russian forces attacked six major electrical substations in Ukraine overnight on Wednesday, Prime Minister Serhii Koretskyi said.Koretskyi added that heating facilities, railway infrastructure and residential areas were also hit.JOIN US ON TELEGRAMFollow our coverage of the war on the @Kyivpost_official.Six major substations were hit in four regions, including Vinnytsia, Kirovohrad, Zhytomyr and Cherkasy, Koretskyi said in a Telegram post. Power lines of various voltage levels were also damaged in Kirovohrad and Rivne regions.In central Ukraine’s Kryvy Rih, Russian forces struck a heat supply facility, disrupting heating to residential buildings. Utility and energy workers were working to restore services, the prime minister said.Russian attacks also damaged railway infrastructure in central Ukraine’s Dnipropetrovsk and Zhytomyr regions.In southern Ukraine’s Kherson region, a guided aerial bomb damaged a school building, while five apartment buildings were damaged in eastern Ukraine’s Kharkiv, according to Koretskyi.At least 14 people were injured in the overnight attacks. The injured were receiving medical assistance.The strikes also caused nationwide power disruptions.Ukraine’s national grid operator Ukrenergo reported partial outages affecting consumers in eight regions, including Dnipropetrovsk, Zhytomyr, Zaporizhzhia, Kyiv, Rivne, Kharkiv, Odesa and Chernihiv.Power restrictions were also in place in some regions through the end of the day. Industrial consumers faced capacity limits, while households and other consumers were subject to scheduled hourly outages. Emergency outages were applied in Kharkiv and Dnipropetrovsk regions in the morning, Other Topics of Interest Post-Election Surprise: Trump’s ‘Beautiful’ Deal and How to Counter It The Democrats’ victory in the US midterms may shift the political climate in Ukraine’s favor, but Trump’s proposed deal with Putin creates new risks. The latest strikes add to a sustained Russian campaign against Ukraine’s energy infrastructure as the country enters the colder months.On Oct. 28, President Volodymyr Zelensky said Russia hit 28 substations in a single night. On Nov. 7, Russian forces launched 172 drones and 36 ballistic missiles, all aimed at Kyiv and the surrounding region, in an assault that damaged high-voltage substations connecting Rivne and Khmelnytsky nuclear power plants to the capital and central Ukraine.An energy analyst recently said the attacks severed Ukraine’s ability to distribute electricity to certain regions despite having overall sufficient generating capacity.Ukrainian officials have warned that repeated strikes and air raid alerts are delaying repairs, forcing energy workers to restore damaged equipment while the threat of further attacks persists. Kyiv Post is Ukraine’s first and oldest English news organization, reporting since 1995. Its international reach – 90% of readers are outside of Ukraine – make it truly Ukraine’s global voice.