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Overnight Russian Strikes Damage Power Grid, Logistics Hubs and Housing Across Ukraine
Russian forces hit high‑voltage substations in nine Ukrainian regions overnight, struck a Kyiv medical institute, and targeted logistics and residential sites in Kharkiv and Rivne, raising fresh pressure on the power grid and internal supply lines.
Russian attacks overnight again pushed Ukraine’s energy and transport system under strain, damaging high‑voltage power infrastructure in nine regions and hitting medical, logistics and residential sites.
Oleksandr Koretskyi, an official involved in Ukraine’s energy sector, said the main targets were high‑voltage substations. He reported damage and destruction at these facilities in nine oblasts. Local reports also described a drone strike on the Institute of Traumatology and Orthopedics in Kyiv, repeated attacks on a logistics terminal in Kharkiv region, and damage to a dormitory in Rivne. Many residential buildings were damaged in several regions.
Other battlefield updates point to specific objects within this broader campaign. Around 01:00, Geran‑2 unmanned aerial vehicles struck the 330 kV Konotop substation in Sumy oblast, an important node in the high‑voltage network. In Kharkiv oblast, a series of strikes by what Russian sources described as fourth‑generation jet‑powered Geran UAVs hit the Nova Poshta logistics complex in the settlement of Korotych.
Ukrainian authorities have not yet detailed casualties or the full scale of outages from these incidents. High‑voltage substations move electricity from power plants to cities and industrial areas, so damage at this level can cause widespread blackouts and brownouts, even far from the strike locations.
For civilians, this pattern of attacks means renewed risks of power cuts, pressure on hospitals that rely on stable electricity, and fresh damage to homes and public buildings. The hit on the Kyiv trauma and orthopedics institute illustrates how medical facilities can be struck in urban areas under drone attack.
Strikes on the Nova Poshta hub in Korotych and on a logistics terminal in Kharkiv region highlight the vulnerability of Ukraine’s internal supply routes. Facilities like these handle parcel flows, freight, and in many cases humanitarian cargo. When they are disrupted, both the military and the wider economy feel delays in moving equipment and goods around the country.
Repeated blows against high‑voltage substations and logistics nodes amount to a sustained campaign against Ukraine’s resilience. Power rationing, if it becomes necessary, would weigh on industry, rail transport and basic municipal services. The choice of targets in places such as Konotop and Korotych also suggests an effort to force Kyiv to spread its air defenses over a wide area.
Key signals in the coming days will be how quickly operators restore electricity to affected regions, whether further strikes hit high‑voltage infrastructure, and whether Russia continues focusing on logistics hubs like the Nova Poshta terminal in Korotych.