Partial power outage in Khmelnytskyi Oblast after drone attack

26 October 2024, 01:43 PM

As a result of a Russian attack by Shahed drones on the night of Oct. 26, a partial power outage occurred in Khmelnytskyi Oblast. A hotel and windows in two buildings were damaged, reported the regional governor Serhiy Tyurin.

According to him, power is partially out in four localities in the oblast, including Khmelnytskyi. Energy workers are currently working to restore electricity.

Overall, air defense forces shot down eight Shahed-type drones over the region. There were no casualties, Tyurin added.

Earlier, on the morning of Oct. 26, monitoring channels reported explosions in Khmelnytskyi Oblast.

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In the evening of Oct. 25, one of the drones struck a high-rise building in the Solomianskyi district of Kyiv, causing a fire and resulting in the death of a child, with six people injured. In Kyiv Oblast, a woman was killed and a 13-year-old boy was injured during the nighttime attack, which also caused fires in two districts.

Additionally, it is known that the Russians attacked Dnipro with ballistic missiles, resulting in three deaths and 20 injuriesSeveral buildings and the Mechnikov Hospital were damaged in the city.

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