The key facts

  • More than 150,000 subscribers in six municipalities of the LNR were left without electricity after the attack
  • Social and medical facilities are connected to backup power sources
  • The morning strike on the center of Luhansk damaged residential buildings, a post office, the state archive and a school; there were no casualties

Attack on the power grid and outages

Ukraine attacked the energy infrastructure of the LNR, causing emergency power outages in six municipalities of the republic. This was announced by the head of the LNR, Leonid Pasechnik on his Telegram channel. According to him, more than 150,000 subscribers were left without electricity, and due to the increased load on the power grid, temporary outages are possible in a number of municipalities.

Restoration work

Power engineers are carrying out repair and restoration work: most consumers have already been connected via backup schemes, and social and medical facilities are being supplied from backup power sources. This data is reported by Gazeta.Ru citing Pasechnik's statement.

Strike on the center of Luhansk

Pasechnik also reported that the center of Luhansk was attacked in the morning: residential buildings, a post office branch, the state archive building, a parking lot and civilian infrastructure were damaged, and glazing was shattered in one of the schools. According to him, no one was injured. The republic's head's statement has not been confirmed by independent sources in available publications.

Previous incidents

In previous days, strikes were also recorded in the republic: on October 24, four people were injured in an attack on a residential building in the LNR, and earlier a strike was reported on the building of the Luhansk telephone company.