Ten regions hit by energy strikes

Electricity infrastructure in ten Ukrainian regions sustained damage from Russian missile and drone attacks during the night of November 2 and the morning of November 3. First Deputy Energy Minister Artem Nekrasov provided the total count of affected areas during a briefing on the operational status of the energy system. The strikes targeted power plants, transmission and distribution substations, and combined heat and power facilities across the country.

Nekrasov listed Vinnytsia, Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhzhia, Zhytomyr, Rivne, Odesa, Chernihiv, Chernivtsi, Khmelnytskyi, and Kharkiv as the specific regions under attack. He identified Vinnytsia, Zhytomyr, and Kharkiv as facing the most difficult electricity supply conditions due to extensive damage to local infrastructure. Consumers in these three areas reported being left without power following the overnight and morning strikes.

Prime Minister Serhii Koretskyi offered a separate count, stating that nine regions experienced strikes on the energy sector. He confirmed attacks on major power stations in Dnipropetrovsk, Vinnytsia, and Kharkiv, along with key substations in western Ukraine. While both officials agreed on the types of targets hit, their totals for the number of affected regions differed by one. Russian forces had also targeted energy infrastructure more than 20 times on November 2 prior to the overnight offensive.

The damage to high-voltage network equipment and resulting voltage drops forced emergency power cuts on the morning of November 3. These measures applied to Kyiv, the capital, as well as the Kyiv, Poltava, Sumy, Chernihiv, Cherkasy, and Kharkiv regions. The emergency outages extended beyond the areas where scheduled restrictions were already in place, widening the scope of the supply disruption.

Scheduled outages affected some regions where emergency cuts were not active. These planned interruptions left consumers without electricity for periods exceeding 12 hours on November 3. This marked the first time such lengthy outages had occurred during the autumn season. The combination of emergency measures and scheduled cuts ensured that power disruptions reached areas beyond those with the most severe physical damage.

Nekrasov maintained that Vinnytsia, Zhytomyr, and Kharkiv remained the primary areas of supply difficulty. The extensive damage to energy infrastructure in these regions continued to drive the reported power shortages. The data from the ministry and the prime minister’s office together outline the scale of the overnight attack and its immediate impact on the national grid.