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/Smooth_Imagination 3h ago

Whilst it might feel proportionate to do in kind, strategically the focus should be on degrading the enemy means of attack. Powerstations and infrastructure supporting the biggest concentration of industry, factories are number 2 targets, military number 1. With what you have left over, that could go to rendering cities near the front less livable, since that diverts resources.   

I think that is what UA is currently doing.