--- title: "Kherson Prepares for a Winter Without Heat: After KAB Strikes on the Thermal Power Plant, Prokudin Calls on Residents to Evacuate" description: "Head of the Kherson Regional Administration Alexander Prokudin has called on residents, especially the elderly and families with children, to evacuate: after a series of KAB strikes on the thermal power plant, the city may be left without heat and light for the winter." date: 2026-08-27T18:38:01.000Z lang: en url: https://xab.info/en/posts/kherson-calls-for-evacuation-after-kab-strikes-on-thermal-power-plant tags: [kherson, energy-infrastructure, evacuation, russia-ukraine-war, winter-heating] publisher: "XAB.info" --- # Kherson Prepares for a Winter Without Heat: After KAB Strikes on the Thermal Power Plant, Prokudin Calls on Residents to Evacuate ![Herson resident with a bicycle loaded with belongings amid evacuation after strikes on the thermal power plant](https://xab.info/media/2026/08/28/kherson-prizval-evakuirovatsya-posle-udarov-po-tse/kherson-prizval-evakuirovatsya-posle-udarov-po-tse-1.webp) ## 🎯 Key Points - Head of the Kherson Regional Administration Alexander Prokudin called on residents, above all the elderly and families with children, to evacuate the city. - On August 26 and 27, 2026, the Kherson Thermal Power Plant was hit by KAB strikes; the plant lost all of its equipment and suffered critical destruction. - Authorities warn of the risk of prolonged power and heat outages in the winter and promise assistance with transport, housing, and social support to those leaving. Kherson authorities warn that the city will likely face the coming winter without its usual heat and energy supply. Alexander Prokudin, head of the Kherson Regional Military Administration, stated in his Telegram channel that due to systematic Russian shelling, the Kherson Thermal Power Plant (TPP) and other critical infrastructure facilities will be unable to operate in normal mode. This is reported by RBC-Ukraine, citing a statement by the head of the Regional Administration. ### Strikes on the TPP: Chronology of the Destruction According to Prokudin, overnight Russian military forces again attacked the Kherson TPP with aviation bombs, causing very serious damage to the facility. As the head of the Regional Administration reminded, on August 26, 2026, the Russians struck the plant with a guided aviation bomb, inflicting substantial damage. The very next day, on August 27, the enemy attacked the facility again, launching four KABs at once. As a result, the Kherson TPP, which is the city's main source of heat, lost all of its equipment and suffered critical destruction. ### Winter Without Light or Heat Authorities warn that the city may be left without electricity and heating not for hours or days, but for an extended period. The security situation in Kherson, according to the regional administration, remains extremely difficult: the enemy is intensifying strikes on infrastructure on a daily basis. Prokudin emphasized that currently no region in the country has the means to destroy the relevant types of drones, as well as KABs. ### Call for Evacuation and Support for Displaced Persons Against this backdrop, residents of Kherson—above all families with children and elderly people—are being urged to leave the city and move to safer regions wherever possible. Those who decide to leave are promised assistance with transport, housing, and social support. Authorities, together with utility companies, energy workers, and the Government, are already working out alternative heat and energy supply options, but residents are advised not to take risks. ### Contradictory Data While the official statement of the Regional Administration and Ukrainian media outlets (RBC-Ukraine, "Korrespondent") link the call for evacuation to the shelling of infrastructure and the risk of winter power and heat outages, some foreign media, in particular delfi.lv, frame the evacuation from Kherson in the context of a flood. This may reflect an earlier or parallel episode; however, in Prokudin's current statement, the reason for leaving is named as precisely the strikes on critical infrastructure and the lack of air defense means against KABs and UAVs. Thus, the upcoming heating season in Kherson is unfolding amid uncertainty: the plant that had been supplying the city with heat has been knocked out by a series of air strikes, and alternative supply schemes are only just being developed. Regional authorities are betting on relocating the most vulnerable categories of citizens to safer regions. ## 🔍 Fact-Check Verification - [Kherson residents urged to evacuate due to Russian shelling](https://www.rbc.ua/ukr/news/hersoni-zaklikayut-zhiteliv-evakuyuvatisya-1787855505.html) - Основной источник: заявление Прокудина, призыв к эвакуации, удары по ТЭЦ. - [Residents of the regional center urged to evacuate the city](https://korrespondent.net/ukraine/4906799-zhytelei-oblastnoho-tsentra-pryzvaly-evakuyrovatsia-yz-horoda) - Подтверждает призыв к эвакуации жителей Херсона. - [Kherson hit by Russian shelling. Evacuation due to flooding continues in the city](https://rus.delfi.lv/57862/v-mire/55644458/herson-popal-pod-rossiyskiy-obstrel-v-gorode-prodolzhaetsya-evakuaciya-iz-za-navodneniya) - Подает эвакуацию в контексте наводнения — нестыковка с официальной причиной (удары по инфраструктуре); учтена в блоке противоречий. - [Mandatory evacuation expanded in Kherson Oblast: which districts are included](https://glavred.info/war/v-hersonskoy-oblasti-rasshirili-obyazatelnuyu-evakuaciyu-kakie-rayony-voshli-10781408.html) - Контекст расширения обязательной эвакуации в области. ## ❓ FAQ ### Q: Why are Kherson residents being called to evacuate? **A:** Head of the Kherson Regional Administration Alexander Prokudin links this to the systematic shelling of critical infrastructure, in particular the Kherson Thermal Power Plant, and the risk of prolonged power and heat outages in the winter. The elderly and families with children are being urged to leave first. ### Q: What happened to the Kherson Thermal Power Plant in late August 2026? **A:** On August 26 the plant was hit by a guided aviation bomb, and on August 27 it was attacked again by four KABs. As a result, the TPP lost all of its equipment and suffered critical destruction, even though it is the city's main source of heat. ### Q: What assistance is promised to residents who leave? **A:** Authorities promise assistance with transport, housing, and social support. In parallel, alternative heat and energy supply options are being worked out together with utility companies, energy workers, and the Government.