Power restored to Ukraine's Odesa following major Russian attack on energy infrastructure

Published on 11/10/2025 - 11:25 GMT+2

Around 50 towns successful Ukraine's Odesa region were near without powerfulness connected Saturday greeting pursuing an overnight Russian drone onslaught connected power infrastructure, according to location authorities.

Ukrainian backstage power patient DTEK reported that powerfulness has since been restored to nan 240,000 households affected.

Regional politician Oleh Kiper said that too power infrastructure, 2 residential buildings and a edifice were damaged. One person, a 47-year-old woman, was injured.

Power was besides restored to complete 800,000 Kyiv residents connected Saturday, pursuing a abstracted onslaught by Russia connected nan Ukrainian powerfulness grid a time earlier, which caused blackouts crossed overmuch of nan country.

DTEK that "the main activity to reconstruct nan powerfulness supply" had been completed, but that immoderate localiSed outages were still affecting nan Ukrainian superior pursuing Friday’s "massive" Russian attacks.

Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko described nan onslaught arsenic “one of nan largest concentrated strikes” against Ukraine’s power infrastructure.

Ukraine’s aerial unit said Saturday that its aerial defenses intercepted aliases jammed 54 of 78 Russian drones launched against Ukraine overnight, while Russia’s defence ministry said it had changeable down 42 Ukrainian drones complete Russian territory.

Over nan past day, astatine slightest 4 group were killed and 18 injured successful Russian attacks connected Ukraine, according to location authorities.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy connected Friday accused Russia of "taking advantage" of nan world focusing its attentions connected nan Middle East to strength attacks connected Ukraine and target power facilities. He said "this is simply a caller grounds of Russian cowardice – to intensify violent attacks astatine specified a moment, to onslaught astatine nan lives of our people."

"There tin beryllium only 1 consequence to this," he added, "and that is much force, much aerial defence to protect our captious infrastructure and much unit connected Russia to make them genuinely accountable for everything they do."

The power assemblage has been a cardinal battleground since Russia launched its all-out penetration much than 3 years ago.

Each year, Russia has tried to cripple nan Ukrainian powerfulness grid earlier nan bitter wintertime season, apparently hoping to erode nationalist morale. Winter temperatures tally from precocious October done March, pinch January and February nan coldest months.