Russian drone attack damages power supply facilities in Chernihiv, infrastructure in Dnipro

Chernihiv region

In Chernihiv region, the head of the Chernihiv city military administration, Dmytro Bryzhynskyi, reported at 3:02 a.m. that the city was under attack. 

“A fire broke out at the impact sites. There is no information about casualties,” he said.

Chernihivoblenergo, electricity supplier in the Chernihiv region, later confirmed that several important power supply facilities had been hit, leaving about 50,000 consumers without electricity due to emergency power cuts.

“Energy workers have begun to restore power. At the same time, the region continues to operate on an hourly power outage schedule. Today, the principle is to turn off the power every three hours (three hours of power and three hours without). We are doing everything possible to ensure that there are no additional outages, despite the situation. Moreover, we hope that the outages will be even less severe during off-peak hours,” the company stated.

The State Emergency Service of Ukraine published images showing firefighters eliminating the consequences of the strike on an infrastructure facility in Chernihiv.

photo: State Emergency Service of Ukraine

photo: State Emergency Service of Ukraine

Dnipropetrovsk region

Serhiy Lysak, head of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional State Administration, reported that Russian drones also struck Dnipro, damaging infrastructure in the city.

In the Mezhova community, a drone hit caused a fire in a garage, which was later extinguished by emergency crews.

Ukraine destroys 73 of 109 drones launched by Russia overnight

Russian forces launched 109 Shahed and Geran strike UAVs and other types of drones, along with three Iskander-M/KN-23 ballistic missiles. Ukrainian air defense units destroyed 73 of the drones, according to Ukraine’s Air Force.

The UAVs were launched from several regions of Russia, including Bryansk, Oryol, Kursk, Shatalovo, Primorsko-Akhtarsk, and Millerovo. Ballistic missiles were fired from the Rostov and Voronezh regions.

Ukraine’s Defense Forces repelled the assault with the help of aviation, electronic warfare, mobile fire groups, and unmanned systems units.

“According to preliminary data, as of 09:00 a.m., air defense forces shot down or suppressed 73 enemy UAVs of the Shahed and Geran types and other drones in the north and east of the country. Three missiles and 36 strike UAVs were recorded hitting 21 locations, as well as debris falling at four locations,” the Air Force reported.

As of 09:05 a.m., several enemy drones were still in Ukrainian airspace, and the air raid alert continued.