Overnight barrage of Russian drones leaves thousands without power across Ukraine

Published connected 18/10/2025 - 12:55 GMT+2 •Updated 14:00

Thousands were near without powerfulness connected Saturday crossed respective regions successful Ukraine aft overnight Russian drone strikes deed aggregate power facilities.

In nan Kharkiv region, astir each districts successful nan metropolis of Chuhuiv were trim disconnected from nan energy grid, according to politician Halyna Minaieva. In a station connected Facebook, she wrote that 10 Russian strikes had deed nan metropolis overnight.

One man was killed successful nan attacks connected Kharkiv, successful nan colony of Zelenyi Hai, according to Oleh Syniehubov, Head of nan Kharkiv Military Administration. He added that a full of 12 towns were struck crossed nan region pinch 23 drones.

The distribution strategy usability of nan Chernihiv region reported successful a Telegram station that 17,000 residents were near without powerfulness aft a Russian onslaught deed an power installation successful nan Koruukivka district.

Meanwhile, successful Russia's Ulyanovsk district, an electrical substation was reportedly deed by Ukrainian drones, according to Russian Telegram channels.

An acquisition institution successful Zaporizhzhia caught occurrence aft it was deed by a Russian drone, nan region's Military Administration caput Ivan Fedorov reported. He said Russian forces had conducted 5 strikes connected nan city, besides damaging residential buildings and vehicles.

More civilian infrastructure was besides struck successful nan Poltava region, Volodymyr Kohut, caput of nan location Military Administration wrote connected Telegram. He said a storage and a commercialized endeavor were damaged successful nan attack.

The Ukrainian Air Force said its aerial defences changeable down a full of 136 Russian drones during nan overnight barrage.

An summation of Russian attacks connected Ukrainian power infrastructure up of nan acold wintertime months has go a communal maneuver complete nan years since its full-scale penetration successful 2022, which Ukrainian officials person said is "weaponising winter".

Saturday's attacks came arsenic Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met pinch US President Donald Trump successful Washington.

During nan gathering Trump had signalled that he's leaning against trading him long-range Tomahawk missiles, weaponry that nan Ukrainians judge could beryllium a crippled changer successful helping prod Putin to nan negotiating table.

Trump said he was hesitant to pat into nan US supply, a turnabout aft days of suggesting he was earnestly weighing sending nan missiles to thief Ukraine hit backmost Russia's invasion.