Overview
- Governor Andrey Vorobyov said the blaze at the plant has been put out, with cooling and cleanup in progress and full consequences slated to be cleared by 17:00 MSK.
- The Emergency Ministry reported that transformers caught fire at the facility after drones struck the site.
- Core municipal services are functioning, but heat supply was disrupted and authorities sent 20 modular boiler units and 20 repair crews, prioritizing the local hospital and a care home.
- Vorobyov reported no casualties, and contingency plans include distributing heaters and additional heat sources if required.
- Russia’s Defense Ministry and Moscow’s mayor reported several drones were shot down overnight and in the morning, Vnukovo airport briefly halted operations, and media including ASTRA attributed the attack to Ukrainian drones as Kyiv has not commented.