Overview
- Tschernihivoblenergo reported an emergency shutdown after strikes damaged several energy facilities in the Chernihiv region.
- About 50,000 people were affected by the outage as the utility worked to stabilize the grid.
- Power will be available only intermittently for hours during repair operations, the regional provider said.
- Ukraine’s military said impacts were recorded in 21 locations across the country during the overnight attack.
- Russian forces say they target military sites, yet civilian infrastructure is frequently hit, while Ukrainian drones have increasingly struck Russian oil facilities with far smaller overall damage.