Overview
- Russia’s Moscow region governor said Ukrainian drones hit the Shatura Thermal Power Plant about 120 km east of the capital, causing a fire that was later localized.
- Russia’s emergencies ministry, cited by Kommersant, reported that three large transformers at the facility caught fire during the attack.
- Authorities said backup power was activated and mobile heating units were deployed as temperatures hovered around freezing, and a resident reported losing heat.
- Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin said air defenses downed two drones headed toward the capital, and the aviation regulator reported a temporary halt to operations at Zhukovsky Airport.
- Ukraine had not commented and the footage circulating on social media remained unverified, with the strike aligning with Kyiv’s broader targeting of Russian energy infrastructure.