Russia targets Ukraine's power grid in massive missile and drone attack, killing one and injuring dozens
Russian forces launched a massive overnight attack on Ukraine on November 3, targeting power generation facilities and substations across nine regions with ballistic and cruise missiles and 289 drones, Ukrainian officials reported.
One person was killed and 15 injured in Dnipro, while a strike on a medical facility in Kharkiv left 62 people injured and forced the evacuation of 226 patients to other hospitals.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the main targets were energy generation facilities and substations in Odesa, Cherkasy, Zhytomyr, Vinnytsia, Kharkiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Chernivtsi, Chernihiv and Rivne oblasts.
Emergency power outages were introduced in numerous cities and communities.
According to Ukraine's Air Force, Russia launched 59 cruise missiles, an unspecified number of ballistic and Zircon missiles, and 289 drones, including 120 jet-powered drones.
Ukrainian air defenses shot down or electronically suppressed 309 aerial targets, including three ballistic or Zircon missiles, 49 cruise missiles and 257 drones.
The military reported direct strikes at 23 locations and falling debris at another 14.
In Dnipro, the attack damaged residential buildings, infrastructure, an outpatient clinic and a hospital treating nearly 100 patients. Regional authorities said none of the hospital's patients or staff were injured.
In Kharkiv, a medical facility was struck, leaving 62 people injured, according to regional officials.
In Rivne Oblast, a substation operated by Ukraine's national grid operator Ukrenergo was damaged.
In Vinnytsia Oblast, damage to energy facilities and power lines left most settlements without electricity, according to the regional capital's mayor.
The attack also damaged a business and private homes in Brovary, near Kyiv.