Putin Intensifies Civilian Assault as Ukraine Faces Blackouts from Massive Missile and Drone Attacks on Power Plants

THIS is the alarming moment drones significantly damaged Ukraine’s energy infrastructure, casting cities into darkness as Putin’s brutal assault continues.

Throughout the night, intense missile and drone strikes disrupted most of Kyiv‘s electricity and affected water supplies, with critical infrastructure targeted nationwide.

The moments the drones detonated in Ukrainian power facilities Haunting visuals reveal that at least 70 percent of Kyiv was thrown into darkness The strikes targeted multiple power plants across the nation

The ongoing attacks follow a severe strike on the port of Chornomorsk in Odesa, targeting an alleged military installation.

Russian strikes reportedly targeted at least three hydroelectric plants and several thermal power stations in a blatant attack on civilians.

This offensive occurs just as temperatures are expected to drop with the approach of winter.

Major Ukrainian regions, including Kharkiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Poltava, and Sumy, have since experienced severe power outages.

Prior to this latest wave of bombardment, Putin's assaults had already incapacitated more than half of Ukraine's gas supply.

Kyiv’s left bank was plunged into blackout on Thursday night, leaving up to 70 percent of the city without electricity.

This outage was triggered by a strike on the CHP-6 power and heating plant, feared to be the most significant attack on Ukraine‘s energy infrastructure to date.

This assault comes exactly three years after the initial Russian strikes on power facilities.

Local reports indicated that there were “missiles, one after another.”

At least a dozen individuals were injured in the capital, particularly in a 17-floor residential building in the Pechersk district that was heavily damaged.

The underground metro system also experienced delays and disruptions.

Vitali Klitschko, the mayor of Kyiv, stated: “All emergency teams are monitoring the situation and are prepared to respond.”

“The left bank of the capital is without electricity,” he confirmed.

“There are also issues with water supply.”

In Zaporizhzhia, a seven-year-old boy became the latest civilian casualty of the Russian strikes.

The head of the regional military administration, Ivan Fedorov, remarked: “Doctors fought for the child’s life until the very end.”

“[However], the injuries were too severe.”

Much of the city was left without power as winter temperatures began to drop Emergency services evacuated entire apartment complexes amid the chaos

The Zaporizhzhia region also faced significant damage to infrastructure, including the strategic Dnipro Hydroelectric Station, which suffered damage to its 121ft high dam, halting traffic across its roadway.

The road closure was deemed a “precautionary” measure.

Residents have been urged to limit gas usage following a distressing seven-hour barrage of Russian strikes involving ballistic and cruise missiles, as well as aerial bombs.

The Kremenchuk Hydroelectric Power Station was struck, along with the Kryvyi Rih Thermal Power Plant in Volodymyr Zelensky’s hometown.

Heart-wrenching accounts have emerged from Ukraine’s mandatory evacuation of thousands of residents from the settlements near Pokrovske in the Dnipropetrovsk region.

Yulija, an evacuee, expressed: “It was hard to leave; I was crying.”

“I even said goodbye to the furniture and kissed the walls of the house.”

“We built everything with our hands, worked hard, and earned what we could,” she added.

“And look at what they’ve done.”