During the night and morning of November 3, 2026, Russian troops launched a massive strike on Ukraine's energy infrastructure. According to the Ministry of Energy, due to equipment damage and voltage drops in the high-voltage grid, emergency power outages are being forcedly applied in Kyiv, Kyiv, Poltava, Sumy, Chernihiv, Cherkasy, and Kharkiv regions. The ministry emphasized that the situation may change throughout the day.

Targeted strikes on energy facilities

The Ministry of Energy reported that energy facilities were attacked in ten regions of Ukraine, and in some regions, the attack was ongoing as of morning. Russia, according to the agency, launched targeted missile and drone strikes on power plants, transmission and distribution substations, and combined heat and power plants. Over the past 24 hours alone, according to the ministry, the enemy has purposefully attacked energy infrastructure more than 20 times.

“Schedules are not in effect”

On the morning of November 3, emergency outages were introduced in Kyiv, Kyiv region, and Dnipropetrovsk region. The corresponding command was issued by the National Dispatch Center Ukrenergo, after which regular outage schedules ceased to operate, DTEK reported, citing NPC Ukrenergo. This means that pre-determined hours of electricity absence may not coincide with actual outages; energy workers promised to report changes additionally.

Restoration works are underway

The Ministry of Energy noted that emergency restoration work at damaged energy facilities is continuing wherever the security situation permits. Photographs from the damage sites show destroyed elements of substations and high-voltage equipment, where energy workers are carrying out work to restore power.

Context: multi-day campaign against energy sector

The strikes on November 3 became a continuation of a multi-day campaign against Ukrainian energy and oil and gas sectors. Earlier, according to First Deputy Energy Minister Artem Nekrasov, over the previous week the Russian Federation purposefully attacked Ukrainian energy and oil and gas sectors 94 times, with a total of 208 incidents recorded that led to the destruction or damage of infrastructure. As of the morning of November 2, power outages were already recorded in Vinnytsia, Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, Odesa, Kirovohrad, Rivne, Cherkasy, and Kharkiv regions, with voltage drops becoming an additional cause of emergency outages.