Russian Drones Hit Energy Facilities in Ternopil Region: Some Residents Left Without Power

On the morning of October 18, 2026, Russian unmanned aerial vehicles struck energy infrastructure facilities in the Ternopil region. As a result of the attack, some consumers in several districts of the region were left without electricity. This was reported by the Head of the Ternopil Regional State Administration (RSA) Taras Pastukh on his Telegram channel, which RBC-Ukraine cited referring to his statement.

Chronology and Geography of Strikes

According to Pastukh, the first recorded drone strike occurred near the settlement of Staryi Vyshnivets in the Kremenets community. Later, the RSA head reported a second hit on an energy facility — this time in Kremenets itself, which, according to him, had been attacked previously. A third hit was recorded in the Barsukivka community. Thus, during the morning hours of October 18, strikes hit at least three local energy infrastructure facilities in different parts of the region.

Damaged Facilities and Consequences for Consumers

All three recorded strikes hit energy facilities. As a consequence, emergency power outages occurred for some consumers in the affected areas. Pastukh emphasized that the region's critical infrastructure is in the crosshairs of the Russian side. Specific volumes of disconnected capacities, the number of blackout settlements, and the timeframe for restoring power supply were not disclosed at the time of publication.

Statement by the Head of Ternopil RSA

«Enemy attacks on the Ternopil region continue, our critical infrastructure is in the crosshairs,» Taras Pastukh said in his Telegram message. The head of the regional state administration consistently recorded each new hit as information arrived, indicating the prolonged and multi-stage nature of the morning attack. Separate statements about the nature of damage to specific energy facilities or the dispatch of repair teams were not included in his public messages at the time of publication.

Context: Simultaneous Strikes on Vinnytsia Region

The attacks on the Ternopil region on October 18 were not an isolated episode. On the same day, as a result of a Russian air attack in the Vinnytsia region, critical infrastructure facilities were destroyed. Emergency power outages were also recorded in the Vinnytsia region, and according to available data, the energy supply situation in the region remained unstable in the near term. The coincidence in time of strikes on the energy sector in two neighboring regions points to the coordinated nature of the attack on infrastructure facilities in the western region of Ukraine.

Situation with Casualties

At the time of publication of the Ternopil RSA head's messages, no information had been received about casualties among the civilian population in Staryi Vyshnivets, Kremenets, and the Barsukivka community. Information about possible destruction of residential buildings, infrastructure losses outside energy facilities, or the launch of emergency operational headquarters in the affected communities was also absent from Pastukh's public statements.