Russia cuts power to more than 203,000 families around Kyiv. Repairs take four days while strikes keep coming
Russian strikes damaged 10 of DTEK’s facilities in Kyiv Oblast in one week, and almost 700,000 families across Ukraine are without power, Zelenskyy says.
Russia has cut power to over 203,000 families in Kyiv Oblast, requiring four days to restore service. Russian strikes damaged 10 DTEK energy facilities in one week, with over 200 repair brigades working daily. Russia aims to disrupt Ukraine's grid before winter; the UN's Commission of Inquiry ruled Russia's strikes amount to crimes against humanity.
One strike destroyed a crater the size of a house at a substation. Russia targets Ukrenergo's high-voltage networks, causing emergency shutdowns even where local grids remain intact. Households experience power outages when they turn on boilers and heaters, overloading lines and causing hundreds of breakdowns daily. Russia has attacked Ukrainian energy facilities more than 310 times since the beginning of the month, with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy seeking partner support for restoration.
Only a third of Ukrenergo's main transformers are shielded; control gear is also poorly protected. Russian drones and missiles have targeted Kyiv's Dnipro River crossings, cratering bridges and endangering the city's $22 million backup plan. Ukrainian volunteers and veterans are assembling drones for frontline use as Putin shows no interest in negotiating peace.
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