Russian drone attack cuts power to 105k homes and limits water in Lutsk

Romanyuk specified that more than 10 Shahed-type loitering munitions directly targeted regional facilities in the assault.

The strikes on electrical substations cut power to approximately 105k consumers, with the heaviest infrastructure damage concentrated across Lutsk and Kovel.

Due to the electrical outage, municipal tap water pumping in the regional capital of Lutsk has been partially restricted. Municipal emergency crews and energy repair brigades were dispatched immediately to stabilize transformer substations and restore pressurized water delivery.

In Lutsk district, falling debris and blast impacts injured one civilian and caused structural damage to a private residential home.

Nationwide Air Raid and Grid Devastation

Ukrainian Air Force tracking reported that Russian forces launched 176 Shahed-type strike drones overnight into Oct. 23 — including 92 high-speed turbojet-powered variants — accompanied by Gerbera decoys and Parodiya radar-spoofing simulators.

Ukrainian air defense interceptors, mobile fire teams, and electronic warfare units neutralized 140 incoming drones, including 68 of the jet-powered Shahed variants.

Detonations and air defense engagements were recorded overnight across Poltava, Rivne, and Dnipro. Direct impacts on civilian and municipal infrastructure were confirmed in Kharkiv and Sumy, while Lutsk experienced severe electrical cutoffs.

Private energy operator DTEK reported that a major thermal power plant (TPP) suffered extensive direct damage in a concentrated Russian strike overnight, forcing the generation plant to cease operations completely as the heating season approaches.