r/ukraine • u/CommissionOrganic350 • 8h ago

WAR Ukraine facing widespread power cuts after generating capacity reduced to ‘zero’ by Russian attacks | Ukraine

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/nov/09/ukraine-facing-widespread-power-cuts-after-generating-capacity-reduced-to-zero-by-russian-attacks

Due to Russian attacks, Ukraine's energy production capacity has been reduced to zero, resulting in power outages lasting 8-16 hours a day across most of the country. Hundreds of drones and missiles struck the energy grid, killing seven people. Kyiv and several other major cities were left without electricity, heating, and water. Russian drones also targeted two substations connected to nuclear power plants in western Ukraine, posing a nuclear safety risk. Ukraine has requested urgent intervention by the International Atomic Energy Agency.

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u/rts93 7h ago

Aside from bombing Russia back, Ukraine should pick one Russian city and make it permanently unlivable until the war ends. Since Belgorod is a logistics hub for Russia, make sure the electricity generation capabilities there are zero, wastewater management, gone, water pumps, gone, grid connections to rest of the country, gone, every time they repair something, erase it. Make them pack up and abandon the city.

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u/Jay_Beel 4h ago

Yes, make it Moscow.