Russia launches 128 attacks on Ukraine’s energy grid in a single week
Over the past week, Russian forces launched 128 targeted attacks on Ukraine’s energy and oil and gas sectors, Ukraine’s First Deputy Minister of Energy Artem Nekrasov reported on 9 November 2026. A total of 219 incidents were recorded that resulted in damage or destruction of energy and oil and gas infrastructure facilities, with the most difficult situation remaining in the Dnipropetrovsk Region (Oblast) and the Kyiv Oblast.
Repair of the damaged Darnytsia Thermal Power Plant. Photo: Reuters / YonhapAccording to Nekrasov, over the past 24 hours Russian forces attacked energy facilities in several oblasts. As of the morning, some consumers remained without electricity supply in the Vinnytsia, Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk, Zhytomyr, Zaporizhzhia, Kyiv, Odesa, Poltava, Rivne, Kharkiv, Khmelnytskyi and Chernihiv Oblasts.
Power engineers are carrying out repair work in all affected regions where the security situation permits. Restoration is complicated by air raids, but after the all-clear repair crews return to work.
Due to significant damage, the most difficult situation remains in the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast and the Kyiv Oblast, where power engineers are working around the clock to restore a stable electricity supply.
Nekrasov also reported that three power engineers were injured in the Sumy Oblast after a Russian drone attacked a service vehicle carrying workers. All the casualties were taken to the hospital, and one of them is in a serious condition.
In most Ukrainian oblasts, scheduled hourly power outage schedules are in effect. They are also being applied for industrial consumers. Due to Russian attacks, the electricity supply situation may change over the course of the day.
Ukraine’s Ministry of Energy urges people to monitor reports from local distribution system operators, who publish up-to-date information on outage schedules.
ZMINA previously reported that on 8 November, more than 400 Points of Invincibilityі were operating in five districts of the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast that were partially left without electricity due to Russian strikes, with more than 160 of them located in the Dnipro District.
The Serbian metalworking equipment manufacturer Grindex exported approximately €27.5 million in machine tools to Russia after the start of the full-scale invasion, according to a joint investigation by Radio Liberty’s Balkan and Ukrainian services. The equipment reached plants in Russia’s military-industrial complex through intermediary companies.
Defence Intelligence of Ukraine has information that a Serbian company based in Kikinda shipped machine tools to Russia from at least March 2022 to March 2025. The equipment was registered under Russian intermediaries before being delivered to sanctioned military plants.
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