Poltava Oblast

Russia determined to knock out Ukraine’s natural gas wells, Zelenskyy says

Moscow will do anything it can to prevent Ukraine from producing its own natural gas, meaning that Kyiv will have to spend more to import the fuel ahead of winter, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Oct. 6.

7 October 2025, 02:16 AM

Russia launches largest-ever strike on Ukraine's gas infrastructure to disrupt heating season

Russia's army unleashed the largest assault on Ukraine's gas extraction infrastructure since the full-scale invasion overnight into Oct. 3, aiming to derail the heating season, Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko said.

3 October 2025, 06:50 PM

Russia targets Poltava Oblast rescuers in double-tap missile strike - photos

Russian troops launched a massive missile and drone attack on Poltava and the surrounding region overnight into Oct. 3. While State Emergency Service rescuers were addressing the aftermath, they came under a second missile strike, Ukraine's State Emergency Service reported on Telegram.

3 October 2025, 01:49 PM

Russia targets Ukraine's gas production hubs in Poltava Oblast

Russian troops targeted DTEK's gas extraction infrastructure in Poltava Oblast with drones and missiles overnight into Oct. 3, forcing a shutdown at multiple facilities, Ukraine’s largest private energy company said in a Telegram post.

3 October 2025, 12:57 PM

Russian barrage batters Poltava Oblast’s energy grid

Russian forces carried out a massive combined missile and drone attack on Ukraine’s Poltava Oblast overnight, damaging energy infrastructure, regional Governor Volodymyr Kohut reported on Telegram on Oct. 3.

3 October 2025, 09:20 AM

Russia attacks railway infrastructure in Poltava Oblast, several trains delayed

Russian nighttime strike cut power to several railway sections on Poltava Oblast, causing delays to at least four passenger trains, Ukrzaliznytsia reported on Sept. 18.

18 September 2025, 09:10 AM

Industrial facility in Poltava Oblast ablaze after Russian strike

An overnight Russian drone attack ignited a fire at an industrial facility in Ukraine’s central Poltava Oblast, Regional Governor Volodymyr Kohut reported on Telegram on Sep. 17.

17 September 2025, 09:22 AM

18-year-old Poltava student detained for aiding Russian strikes

Ukraine’s SBU Security Service counterintelligence detained a Russian agent suspected of espionage in Poltava, Cherkasy, and Kirovohrad oblasts, assisting Russia in preparing new air attacks on these regions, the SBU reported on Telegram on Sept. 3.

3 September 2025, 01:45 PM

Russia renews energy attacks amid lack of tough sanctions - CCD

Russia has resumed strikes on Ukraine’s energy sector because there are no strong sanctions and insufficient pressure on Moscow, the Center for Countering Disinformation head Andrii Kovalenko wrote on Aug. 27.

27 August 2025, 01:30 PM

Russian invaders attack Ukraine with 95 Shahed drones

Russia launched 95 Shahed drones and other decoys in a large-scale overnight attack on Ukraine, the Air Force said on Aug. 27.

27 August 2025, 11:23 AM

False radiation alert mistakenly issued overnight in Poltava Oblast

Authorities in Poltava Oblast mistakenly issued a radiation threat alert overnight, regional chief Volodymyr Kohut said on Telegram on Aug. 20.

20 August 2025, 10:58 AM

Energy Ministry confirms Russian strikes on energy facilities

Russian forces attacked energy facilities in Poltava Oblast overnight, Ukraine’s Ministry of Energy confirmed on Aug. 19.

19 August 2025, 02:46 PM

Unexploded cluster munitions found in Kremenchuk after Russian missile strike

Unexploded cluster munitions have been found in Kremenchuk following the Russian attack overnight, Mayor Vitalii Maletskyi reported on Facebook on Aug. 19.

19 August 2025, 12:45 PM

Russia pounds Poltava Oblast with drones and missiles, 1,500+ without power

Russia carried out a mass overnight attack on Poltava Oblast; impacts and falling debris were recorded in two districts — Kremenchuk and Lubny, regional governor Volodymyr Kohut reported on Aug. 19.

19 August 2025, 10:56 AM

New COVID-19 variant Stratus spreading in Ukraine’s Poltava Oblast

A new variant of COVID-19, named Stratus, has been identified in Ukraine’s Poltava Oblast, with the World Health Organization (WHO) placing it under monitoring due to its rapid global spread, according to the regional disease control and prevention center’s Facebook post on Aug. 6.

8 August 2025, 01:02 PM

Russian aerial strikes target Ukraine’s cargo network

Railway transport, especially the locomotive fleet critical for cargo shipments, has become a target of Russia’s missile and drone strikes on Ukraine, according to a July 28 analysis by Defense Express based on open-source data.

28 July 2025, 03:26 PM

Russia targets Ukraine’s conscription with recruitment center strikes

Russian forces launch drone strikes on military recruitment centers in an effort to disrupt the country’s conscription process, Vitaliy Sarantsev, spokesperson for the Ukrainian Land Forces Command, told public broadcaster Suspilne on July 3.

3 July 2025, 03:10 PM

Russia targets Kremenchuk’s energy, agricultural infrastructure

Russian forces launched a massive missile and drone attack on Kremenchuk’s energy and agricultural infrastructure overnight into June 15, damaging a private home and power lines, Poltava Oblast’s acting governor Volodymyr Kohut reported on Telegram.

15 June 2025, 12:00 PM

Russian missile strike injures three, sparks fires in Poltava Oblast

Three people were injured in Kremenchuk district of Poltava Oblast following a massive Russian missile attack, regional governor Volodymyr Kohut reported on June 6.

6 June 2025, 10:02 AM

Russian missile strike on training ground in Poltava Oblast: Two wounded die in hospital

Two people wounded in Russia’s June 4 missile strike on a Ukrainian military training ground in Poltava Oblast have died in the hospital, regional governor Volodymyr Kohut said on June 5.

5 June 2025, 02:14 PM

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