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Konotop enters fourth day of total blackout with zero recovery timeline

Russian drone strikes left Konotop without electricity for a fourth straight day with no restoration timeline, Mayor Artem Semenikhin said on Oct. 27.

27 October, 08:08 AM

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

Russian strike drones attacked energy infrastructure across Volyn Oblast, severing electrical power to nearly 105k utility subscribers and injuring a civilian, Volyn Regional Military Administration head Roman Romanyuk reported on Oct. 23.

23 October, 01:08 PM

Russia attacks Rivne Oblast overnight, damaging homes, leaving part of region without power

Russia attacked Rivne Oblast over the evening of Oct. 22 and overnight into Oct. 23. Part of the region was left without power as a result of the strikes, according to regional governor Oleksandr Koval.

23 October, 11:28 AM

Russia launches one of largest attacks on Vinnytsia Oblast; six wounded, city without power

Russian forces carried out one of the most massive strikes on Vinnytsia Oblast overnight into Oct. 17, wounding six people. The city of Vinnytsia was left completely without electricity, according to regional military governor Natalia Zabolotna,

17 October, 11:29 AM

Russia aims to cut consumers off from nuclear plants by striking substations – expert

Russia is trying to cut Ukrainian consumers off from nuclear power plants by striking the grid infrastructure that transmits electricity. Even concrete protective structures may not withstand systematic attacks, Hryhorii Plachkov, former head of Ukraine's State Nuclear Regulatory Inspectorate, said in an interview with Radio NV on Oct. 15.

15 October, 12:10 PM

What happens to Ukraine's nuclear reactors when Russia attacks the power grid? – expert Plachkov explains

Former nuclear regulator chief Hryhoriy Plachkov discussed Russia's push for a total blackout in Ukraine, energy grid protection, potential risks from IAEA delegates and Western energy assistance in an interview with Radio NV on Oct. 15.

15 October, 11:56 AM

Russia equips drones with specialized shaped charges to sever high-voltage pylons - NV interview

Russian forces have introduced specialized linear shaped-cutting explosive warheads onto their drones, technological adviser Serhii Beskrestnov (Flash) disclosed, calling the tactical adaptation "bad news" for Ukrainian critical infrastructure.

2 October, 08:39 AM

Occupied Crimea loses power after reported strike on Nyzhnohirskyi electrical substation

A reported strike on an electrical substation in Nyzhnohirskyi in Russian-occupied Crimea was followed by power and water outages across parts of the peninsula, the Crimean Wind Telegram channel reported.

1 October, 12:06 PM

Nuclear safety critical at Zaporizhzhya nuclear plant after two-week blackout

Nuclear and radiation safety at the occupied Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant has reached a critical state after two weeks on emergency generators, Energoatom reported on Sept. 6.

7 September, 08:35 AM

Crimea to face dark, cold winter after Ukrainian strikes

Occupied Crimea now has only one major operational element left in its overall power system after a sustained campaign of Ukrainian airstrikes, according to an NV analysis published on Aug. 29.

31 August, 04:10 PM

Explosions shake occupied Luhansk amid reports of a drone attack

Explosions shook occupied Luhansk overnight on August 26, as local residents reported a drone attack and active air defense fire, according to local monitoring channels.

26 August, 09:30 AM

Moscow in partial blackout after power plant fire

A fire at a thermal power plant in Moscow’s Gagarinsky District knocked out power in several neighborhoods of the Russian capital and triggered large-scale internet disruptions across Russia, independent outlet The Moscow Times reported on Aug. 18.

19 August, 02:18 AM

Drone strike leaves occupied Sevastopol in blackout

Sevastopol, the former primary base of Russian Black Sea Fleet in occupied Crimea, was left entirely without power after a Ukrainian drone attack shortly after midnight on Aug. 13.

13 August, 03:30 AM

Power outage leaves 99,000 without electricity in Chernihiv Oblast

About 99,000 households lost power in Ukraine's Chernihiv Oblast overnight into Aug. 9, following an accident at an energy facility, Chernihivoblenergo's press service reported on Facebook.

9 August, 10:40 AM

Russian strikes cause massive emergency blackout across Sumy Oblast

A massive emergency blackout struck parts of Sumy Oblast following systematic Russian attacks on energy infrastructure, regional power distribution company Sumyoblenergo announced on July 30.

30 July, 12:43 PM

Widespread blackouts already trigger public protests across northern and eastern Crimea - video

Northern and eastern Crimea residents took to central town squares to protest persistent power outages caused by severe energy crisis, Deputy Permanent Representative of the President of Ukraine in Crimea Denys Chystikov told Radio NV on July 30.

30 July, 09:00 AM

Electrical substations and power plants targeted in coordinated Crimea raid - video

Ukrainian strike drones hit an electrical substation in Alushta and triggered secondary explosions near the Balaklava Thermal Power Plant in a sweeping assault across temporarily occupied Crimea, local monitoring groups reported on July 20.

20 July, 09:25 AM

Three Crimean districts left without electricity for 10 days - video interview

Residents in three districts of occupied Crimea face blackout for nearly ten days, and Russian occupation authorities are making no efforts to restore it, Denys Chystikov, Deputy Permanent Representative of the President of Ukraine in Crimea told Radio NV on July 15.

15 July, 07:50 AM

DTEK announces power outages in two Kyiv districts due to technical malfunction

Two districts in Kyiv were left without power on July 14 due to a technical malfunction, Ukraine’s private energy company DTEK reported.

14 July, 02:01 PM

Russia acknowledges blackout after six days of attacks on Crimea — Magyar

From July 1 to 6, Ukrainian forces struck 38 energy facilities in Crimea, leading to power outages on the occupied peninsula, according to the commander of the Unmanned Systems Forces, Robert ‘Magyar’ Brovdi.

6 July, 04:55 PM

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