New dual-target attacks on both power generation sites and transmission networks slow restoration after 8 November attack forces nationwide rolling blackouts.
In Zaporizhzhia, Russia’s attack destroyed a dormitory and damaged several homes, killing two civilians and injuring 17 others — six of them children. More civilians were injured and killed in other regions.
Ukraine will spend $2.6 billion on fuel imports this winter after Russian strikes destroyed approximately 60 percent of its natural gas production, Bloomberg reported
Ukrainian President Zelenskyy arrived in Norway on 22 Oct. for talks with PM Store, days after Trump suggested ending the war at current frontlines with Russia keeping occupied territories. Støre said Europeans "very much support" Zelenskyy
Large parts of Chernihiv have been without electricity throughout October due to Russian strikes on energy infrastructure, with city officials unable to predict when power will be restored as repair crews work under ongoing Russian drone activity.
After months of trying to disconnect and destabilize Ukraine's energy system, Russia has changed tactics to target power and gas infrastructure serving specific oblasts rather than attempting to collapse the entire system.
Russian forces struck a DTEK coal mine in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast on 19 October, trapping 192 miners underground before all were safely evacuated in the fourth major attack on the company's coal facilities in two months.
Repair teams race against frost and missiles to reconnect frontline towns while Ukraine’s energy system reels from strikes that wiped out 60% of domestic gas output.
While Israel and Hamas negotiate a pause in hostilities, Russian forces intensify strikes across Ukraine, hitting civilians and energy infrastructure with unprecedented volume.
Russia launched 118 drones, 103 were downed overnight, Ukrainian Air Force reported. Russian attacks killed four people and injured nine in Donetsk Oblast.