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Russian regions report power outages after drone attacks from Ukraine. The infrastructure there is also under attack. The news ticker about the Ukraine war.

Update, 9:49 p.m.: According to the Russian occupying forces, Russian troops have blocked all escape routes for the Ukrainian army from the city of Pokrovsk. The units still in the city had missed their last chance to leave the city before it was conquered by Russia, a spokesman for the so-called “Donetsk People’s Republic” said, according to the state news agency Tass known. The city of Pokrovsk is considered an important logistics hub in the Ukrainian war.

Update, 8:49 p.m.: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has warned his people of further drone and missile attacks from Russia. “The Russians have increased their attack power and are using more ballistic weapons,” Zelensky said in a video message posted on Telegram. We therefore have to strengthen air defense and prepare for further attacks, said the President from Kiev.

Update, 6:50 p.m.: Serious accusations against Moscow are coming from Berlin and London. Russia is said to have massively increased its espionage activities in space, said Boris Pistorius (SPD) at a conference in Berlin. The Federal Minister of Defense spoke of a “fundamental threat” posed by Russian satellites to global communications networks. The secret services of Russian President Vladimir Putin would use these to track and hinder Western satellites. According to the German armed forces, two Russian surveillance satellites have recently observed German satellites used for military purposes. One CNN-Russia has massively expanded its espionage capabilities since the start of the Ukraine war, according to reports. Vladimir Putin’s government is increasingly cooperating with the People’s Republic of China.

Update, 5:29 p.m.: Russian drones severely damaged a biomass thermal power plant in the Ukraine war. The attack occurred at night and hit a facility that was built in 2016 as the country’s first large biomass station. This is reported by Ukrainska Pravda and refers to the operator of the power plant. Since Saturday morning, attacks from Russia have been reported on the energy infrastructure of numerous Ukrainian cities, including Kiev, Kirovohrad, Poltava, Kharkiv and Dnipropetrovsk.

Supply of nuclear power plants in Ukraine at risk

Update, 3:56 p.m.: In the massive attacks on the Ukrainian electricity supply, Russia is said to have also attacked substations that supply two Ukrainian nuclear power plants. This was reported by Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha. “These were not random attacks, but planned,” he told the news agency AP.

According to Ukrainian reports, there was a power and heating outage lasting several hours in the city of Voronezh. In Belgorod, around 20,000 households are cut off from energy supplies after a rocket attack, according to local authorities. In Russia, there was a power outage that lasted for hours in Taganrog in the Rostov region. The authorities in the city, which has a population of around 240,000, attributed the outage to an emergency shutdown of a power line. A cause was not given. However, local media reported a fire in a nearby substation.

First report from November 9, 2025: Kiev – After one of the worst Russian attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure since the start of the war, Ukrainian armed forces have in turn attacked Russian regions. Authorities raised air alerts in several areas and reported power and heating outages. The attacks from Russia have also led to massive energy outages in Ukraine.

According to various reports, the Belgorod and Voronezh regions were affected by the attacks in the Ukraine war. Belgorod Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said via Telegram that energy and heat supply systems were damaged following Ukrainian attacks. The repair work was already underway, the news agency reported dpa. Belgorod borders directly on Ukraine to the west. In the neighboring Voronezh region, which borders Belgorod to the east, Governor Alexander Gusev also declared a missile and drone alert. The anti-aircraft defense had rendered some drones harmless, he said. A fire had to be put out in a municipal company. According to unconfirmed reports on social networks, the city’s thermal power plant was hit. In the city of Taganrog, Rostov Region, there were also reports on social networks of explosions and power outages.

Heaviest attack since the beginning of the war

In Ukraine itself, authorities reported the worst Russian missile and drone attacks on its energy infrastructure since the start of the war. Ukrainian air defense said 34 of 69 drone attacks were repelled. The previous day there had been Russian attacks with 458 drones and 45 rockets and cruise missiles.

Current situation in the Ukraine war: energy outages across the country

The consequences of the Russian attacks in the Ukraine war for the population are serious. Power, heating and hot water outages continue to occur across the country as temperatures continue to drop with the onset of winter. In the Poltava, Sumy and Kharkiv regions, many sat in the dark and cold, reported dpa. The authorities spoke of a difficult situation because many of the facilities that had just been repaired were badly damaged in the new attacks.

Simultaneously Attacks im Ukraine war

The situation in the Ukraine war is getting worse because Russian leader Vladimir Putin’s troops have changed their strategy. Attacks on power plants and substations occur simultaneously with attacks on the electricity distribution network. This is what the news portal reports Ukrainska Pravda. This is intended to maximize the damage to the supply. The Ukrainian state-owned company Centrenergo announced that all of its thermal power plants had stopped operating and were no longer producing energy. According to the media, the company has an eight percent share of energy production. According to Rodion Miroshnik, Russia’s special envoy to the occupied Luhansk region, Russia only attacks military targets in Ukraine.