Russia hits Ukraine's power grid again, leaving more than 550,000 families without electricity
Russian ballistic missiles and drones damaged more than 10 Ukrainian energy facilities overnight, cutting power to at least 550,000 families, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Monday. Repair crews are working across 10 affected regions.
Russia launched another large overnight attack on Ukraine's energy system, using ballistic missiles and drones against facilities in the Kyiv region and across the country. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said more than 10 energy infrastructure facilities were damaged and that at least 550,000 families lost electricity, with heating and running water also affected in places. Ukraine's grid operator Ukrenergo reported outages in 10 regions and said emergency repair work had begun where conditions allowed.
Zelenskyy said 16 ballistic missiles were fired, mainly at the capital region, alongside waves of attack drones. Ukraine's defence ministry said energy sites were the main target, but a clinic, a school, a metro station and homes were also hit, and there were casualties. Russia's defence ministry described its overnight strike as targeting sites linked to Ukraine's defence industry, including facilities it said stored cruise missiles and drones near Kyiv.
The scale of the blackout is the new development in Monday's attack. Zelenskyy said Kyiv had received no early warning from its partners that the missile strike was imminent and accused President Vladimir Putin of refusing any step towards de-escalation. The assault follows a weekend Ukrainian attack on Russian energy and oil infrastructure and comes despite recent talk of an energy ceasefire, which Kyiv says Moscow has repeatedly broken.