Ukraine says overnight Russian drone attack damaged power infrastructure

Firefighters work at the site of a Russian drone strike, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, in Volyn region, Ukraine. (Handout via REUTERS)
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Updated 01 January 2026
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Ukraine says overnight Russian drone attack damaged power infrastructure

  • The governor of Volyn said more ​than 103,000 households in that region had ⁠lost power

KYIV: A Russian drone attack damaged power infrastructure ​in several Ukrainian regions overnight, Ukraine’s energy ministry said on Thursday.

The ministry said a “significant ‌number” of ‌households ‌in the ⁠Volyn ​and ‌Odesa regions — in northwestern and southwestern Ukraine, respectively — were disconnected from power supplies by the ⁠strike, as well ‌as some in ‍the ‍Chernihiv region ‍north of the capital Kyiv.

The governor of Volyn said more ​than 103,000 households in that region had ⁠lost power as a result of the attack. Volyn region is several hundred kilometers from the front line and borders NATO member ‌Poland.