Massive night-time attack on infrastructure: damage reported in eight regions of Ukraine
Targeted strikes on energy facilities and businesses in Kyiv, Zaporizhzhia, and the Odesa and Rivne regions.
Clearing up the aftermath of the Russian Federation’s large-scale attack on 12 November. Photo: Kyiv State Emergency Service
Damage has been reported in eight regions of Ukraine following yet another combined night-time and morning attack by Russian forces on 12 November. The enemy’s main targets were energy and transport infrastructure, as well as residential areas.
This morning, an enemy attack drone struck a nine-storey residential block in the Solomyanskyi district of Kyiv. The explosion caused a fire which engulfed the third to sixth floors, and partial damage to the building’s external structures has been reported. At present, one fatality – a 44-year-old woman – has been confirmed, along with at least six injured; three residents were evacuated from the blocked premises by State Emergency Service rescue workers.
Attacks on energy infrastructure and power cuts in the regions
Key elements of the country’s power grid have come under targeted fire. In Zaporizhzhia, strikes were recorded on the premises of a power generation facility, whilst in the Odesa and Rivne regions, high-voltage substations came under attack.
Damage to power infrastructure has caused power cuts in nine regions of the country. In particular, in the Rivne region, more than 160 settlements in the Rivne and Sarny districts were left without power, including the town of Kostopil, where critical infrastructure facilities were swiftly switched to generator power.
Damage to businesses and residential buildings, and the consequences of shelling
In addition to energy infrastructure, enemy missiles and drones have caused damage to industrial facilities and civilian buildings:
- Kyiv and the surrounding region: as a result of a night-time ballistic missile attack, a construction and manufacturing plant in the capital was damaged, whilst a civilian enterprise in the Kyiv region was hit by a missile strike.
- The housing sector in the regions: damage to residential buildings has been reported in Rivne, Zaporizhzhia, Zhytomyr and Kharkiv regions.
- Civilian casualties: in total, at least six people, including a child, were injured as a result of the overnight strikes in the regions.
Rescue teams, local authority services and power company repair crews are working round the clock at the sites of the strikes, clearing up the damage caused by the shelling and restoring the electricity supply to customers.
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