Massive Russian Barrage Hits Ukraine’s Energy Network (Videos, Photos)

Russia announced that its military struck four thermal power plants, two electricity substations and port infrastructure in Ukraine during a large-scale overnight attack on November 3, as Ukrainian authorities reported extensive damage to the country's energy network, emergency power cuts and casualties in several regions.

In two separate statements, the Russian Defense Ministry said the strikes involved precision-guided weapons launched from land- and air-based platforms, as well as long-range attack drones.

It identified the Ladyzhyn Thermal Power Plant in Vinnytsia region, the Kryvyi Rih and Prydniprovska thermal power plants in Dnipropetrovsk region, and the Kharkiv Thermal Power Plant in Kharkiv region as targets.

In addition, the ministry named the Zmiiv and Loseve electricity substations, both operating at 330 kilovolts, among the targets hit.

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Russian Advance Cuts Ukrainian Supply Route in Sumy

In the Sumy direction Russian units of the “North” grouping retain the initiative: assault groups have advanced on ten sectors by up to 500 meters, and the capture of Barylivka was the result of large Russian groups entering a major woodland and disrupting the supply of Ukrainian units in the areas of Mohrytsia, Velyka Rybitsa and Mala Rybitsa.

In the Kharkiv direction Russian units are recording advances; the Kharkiv Regional Military Administration is urgently evacuating the administration and civilians from Slatyne, and the administration of Kozacha Lopan, previously transferred to Slatyne, has left together with the local authorities.

In the Kupyansk direction Russian assault groups have again reached the western outskirts of Kupyansk in the private housing sector and are capturing the principal facilities across almost the entire territory of the ruined city, although a stable front line effectively does not exist there.

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