Russia Strikes Ukraine’s Power Grid in Massive Missile and Drone Attack

Russian forces launched a large-scale attack on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure using missiles and drones in the early morning hours of Thursday, November 28. The attacks targeted energy facilities across the country, forcing Ukrenergonational energy operator, implementation of emergency power outages.

Ukraine’s power grid has been a frequent target since Russia invaded in February 2022, with Kiev accusing Moscow of using “terrorist” tactics to plunge cities into darkness and prevent civilians from heating during the winter months.

The latest overnight strikes followed two weeks of intense escalation during which both sides deployed new weapons in an attempt to gain an advantage ahead of Donald Trump’s inauguration as US president in January.

This was confirmed by Energy Minister Herman Haluszczenko the strikes were intended to disrupt Powering Ukraine in winter.

The air force reported a series of Russian cruise missiles and attack drones heading for cities across the country, including the capital Kiev and western regions such as Lviv, Khmelnytsky and Ivano-Frankivsk.

The strikes caused widespread confusion throughout Ukraine, hitting multiple regions and paralyzes necessary infrastructure.

In Kiev, debris from explosions fell in open areas, while in Kharkov the target was a civilian enterprise in the Kiev Oblast.

In Sumy Oblast, Shostka experienced serious damage to a school, hospital, high-rise buildings and water facilities.

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Vinnytsia and Odessa Oblast reported damage to private residential homes. Explosions were also heard in the Zhytomyr, Lviv and Ivano-Frankivsk regions.

In Rivne, after a series of explosions, thick smoke appeared, as a result of which over 280,000 residents were left without electricity and interrupted water supplies.

In Volhynia, power outages in Lutsk halted electric transport, and in Mykolaiv, power outages forced the closure of schools, trams and trolleybuses. The attacks have left many areas without power and water as the country prepares for winter.

In the Western Lviv Oblast, the power grid was also seriously damaged.

“I don’t expect good news about electricity – everything is logical” – he wrote Nikolaevskyi Vaniok, the largest Telegram monitoring channel in Ukraine.

Andrii Yermak, head of the Chancellery of the President of Ukraine, described the attacks as a “terror tactic,” accusing Russia of stockpiling missiles and receiving support from allies such as North Korea.

“They are being helped by their crazy allies, especially the DPRK. Now the Russians are launching a combined attack on the country. They fight with children. Ukraine has the means to respond to this,” Yermak wrote on his Telegram channel.

Russia announced earlier this week she was preparing her own revenge to Ukrainian attacks on its territory using materials provided by the US ATTACKMS rockets.

Ukraine carried out at least three missile attacks on Russian border regions after receiving approval from the White House to target Russian territory.

In response to the first strike Moscow launched a hypersonic ballistic missile in the Ukrainian city of Dnieper, a weapon never before seen.

In a passionate speech, the president of Russia Vladimir Putin warned that the missile is capable of carrying nuclear warheads could be used against Western countries if they allow Ukraine to use its weapons to attack Russia.