Drones hit occupied Luhansk, causing power and mobile network blackouts
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A wave of strike drones attacked Russian-occupied Luhansk (Photo: Reuters / Stringer)
Drones struck occupied Luhansk before dawn, causing widespread interruptions in cellular communications and electrical power supply, Ukrainian war monitoring Telegram channel Exilenova+ reported on Oct. 23.
Around 4 a.m. local time, multiple loud detonations reverberated throughout the occupied city, accompanied by intense, audible anti-aircraft artillery and surface-to-air missile fire. Shortly after the initial blasts, electrical blackouts cascaded across several neighborhoods, followed immediately by severe disruptions to mobile internet and telecommunications service.
Representatives of the Russian proxy occupation administration have issued no public comments or official damage assessments regarding the overnight attack.
The incident marks the second direct strike targeting communications and logistical infrastructure in occupied Luhansk within 48 hours.
Deep Incursions on Occupied Luhansk Infrastructure
Overnight into Oct. 21, Ukrainian strike drone hit the former Ukrtelecom administrative building in Luhansk. The facility served as the operational headquarters for the Russian-installed cellular provider Lugakom and its associated "Telecommunications Services Center," which manages digital communications and internet traffic across occupied districts of Luhansk Oblast.
On Sept. 24, Ukrainian strike drones executed an overnight raid on a large commercial complex in Luhansk, igniting a catastrophic fire that destroyed the Stroytsentr home-improvement hypermarket — a commercial retail property seized by Russian occupation authorities in 2014 that formerly operated as part of Ukraine’s national Epicentr chain. Additional simultaneous drone strikes triggered secondary fires across multiple logistical and warehousing sites in the city during that operation.
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