That's what we've been waiting for!
Overnight russian missile and drone strikes have caused power cuts in large parts of Ukraine's capital, Kyiv, and eight other regions. In total, more than 450 drones and 30 missiles were launched. Two CHPs, two TPPs and four HPPs in different cities were hit. Transformers in Chernihiv Oblast, Kharkiv Oblast, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Poltava Oblast, Sumy Oblast were also damaged.
The Dniprovska HPP in Zaporizhia and the HPP in Kaniv, Cherkasy region, could also be under attack.
Block transformers were damaged at one of the Kyiv CHPs, said Oleksiy Kucherenko, deputy chairman of the Verkhovna Rada energy committee.
https://www.bbc.com/ukrainian/articles/crkjg80rpmgoSergiy UR3CTB in Kaniv had his windows and front door blown out by the blast wave, fortunately he was not injured.
In Kyiv today, my area had a blackout that lasted 16 hours. Unfortunately, my neighbors' inverters and batteries were generating noise as usual. But I was able to make several QSO using a car battery, including one to Thailand E21EIC/8.
Also, half of the city was left without water supply. The attack began at midnight and ended only in the morning. By the evening, water and electricity supply were restored, but on the upper floors there is not enough water pressure in some places, and the voltage does not exceed 210 volts instead of 240.
MP Maryana Bezugla advises Kyiv residents to temporarily leave the capital for the winter. She emphasized that Kyiv is a strategic and symbolic target for the russians. "It is possible that it will be completely "downed". Completely - it is darkness without sewage, water supply in the middle of winter," Bezugla suggested.
https://kyiv.tsn.ua/kyiv/temriava-bez-kanalizatsiyi-i-vodopostachannia-nardepka-radyt-kyianam-na-zymu-vyyikhaty-z-mista-2931557.htmlI sincerely appreciate such advice.
Volodymyr Zelensky reported that Ukraine has a plan A and a plan B in case of attacks on gas infrastructure and large-scale blackouts. Regarding problems with electricity supply, Zelensky said that the state will simultaneously protect the energy sector and restore networks after strikes.
"Regarding the gas infrastructure, which is currently under strong pressure from russian attacks. We have a plan "A" and a plan "B". In plan "B", if, for example, there is a strong attack on the entire gas infrastructure, we understand that we then have imports. We understand the volume and cost of the corresponding imports. This is plan "B". Plan "A" is when we use our own production more. In plan "B" we understand where to get the money that is needed," Zelensky concluded.
https://sud.ua/uk/news/ukraine/343172-ne-khvataet-sistem-pvo-zelenskiy-rasskazal-gotovitsya-li-ukraintsam-k-blekautamAs for plan A, I think it's too optimistic. russian strikes in recent days have wiped out more than half of Ukraine’s domestic natural gas production, likely forcing the war-battered country to spend 1.9 billion euros ($2.2 billion) on fuel imports to survive the looming winter, writes Bloomberg.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-10-09/russian-strikes-knock-out-more-than-half-of-ukraine-gas-output-ahead-of-winterAs for plan B, it looks like to buy russian gas, which is supplied to Europe on credit. Excellent!
On the night of October 9, the Ukrainian Defense Forces struck two fuel and energy infrastructure facilities in the Volgograd region of russia. The Korobkovsky gas processing plant and the Yefimovka linear production dispatch station were hit, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported. Korobkovsky GPP, located in the city of Kotovo, is one of the largest enterprises for the primary processing of natural and associated petroleum gas in southern russia. Its design capacity is about 450 million cubic meters of gas and 186 thousand tons of light hydrocarbon fractions per year. Yefimovka station provides transportation of oil and petroleum products in the region and has a throughput capacity of up to 50 million tons per year.
Explosions and a fire were recorded on the territory of both facilities. Data on the extent of damage is currently being clarified.
The Ukrainian Defense Forces consistently carry out operations aimed at undermining Russia's military-economic potential in order to force the aggressor to stop its armed aggression against Ukraine.
https://tsn.ua/svit/syly-oborony-vdaryly-po-dvokh-vazlyvykh-obyektakh-rf-u-volhohradskiy-oblasti-detali-2930552.htmlThis is impressive, but more and more Ukrainians are asking why no missile or drone has yet hit Moscow and cause a blackout in russia as Zelensky promised in response to attacks on the Ukrainian energy sector.
During the attack on the base of the Federal Security Service of the russian federation in the north of the temporarily occupied Crimea, Ukrainian forces used three Flamingo cruise missiles, wrote the German publication Welt. According to Welt, the Ukrainian army is currently armed with probably dozens, and possibly more than a hundred Flamingo missiles.
https://www.welt.de/politik/ausland/plus68e5009c727cb23c507934e0/marschflugkoerper-auge-um-auge-was-die-ukraine-mit-ihrer-maechtigen-neuen-waffe-plant.htmlPerhaps these figures only reflect the costs of this program, so we are waiting for their use.
On Thursday, October 9, a MiG-31 fighter-interceptor, which also carries supersonic Kinzhal missiles, crashed in the Lipetsk region (russia). According to preliminary information, the pilots of the plane ejected.
https://www.obozrevatel.com/ukr/novosti-rossii/u-lipetskij-oblasti-rf-rozbivsya-nosij-kindzhaliv-mig-31-scho-vidomo.htmUS President Donald Trump expressed his belief that Ukraine and russia will soon hold talks on a peaceful settlement. He made the statement at the White House, where he hosted Finnish President Alexander Stubb.
https://www.eurointegration.com.ua/news/2025/10/10/7222115/Donald Trump also thanked Vladimir putin for his words that the Nobel Peace Prize had "lost credibility" because it was not awarded to an American leader.
https://nv.ua/ukr/world/geopolitics/donald-tramp-podyakuvav-putinu-za-pidtrimku-na-shlyahu-do-nobelivskoji-premiji-miru-50551744.htmlVladimir putin claims that Moscow is building its work on the “settlement” of the Russian Federation’s war against Ukraine on the basis of the principles discussed during his summit with US President Donald Trump in Alaska.
putin made this statement on Friday, October 10, during a meeting of the Council of Heads of State of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) in Dushanbe (Tajikistan), the russian news agency RIA Novosti reports.
https://nv.ua/ukr/world/geopolitics/volodimir-putin-zrobiv-novu-zayavu-shchodo-viyni-rf-proti-ukrajini-50551635.htmlSo, we would like to know what Trump and Putin did agree on in Alaska.
Meanwhile, the Chief of the russian General Staff, Valery Gerasimov, announced a new "strategic task" for the russian army - the occupation of Zaporizhia, the regional center of which is only 22 km from the front line.
https://expres.online/podrobitsi/putin-zminiv-tsili-svo-teper-v-armii-rf-nove-strategichne-zavdannyaRadosław Sikorski, the deputy prime minister and foreign minister of Poland, published in the New York Times his vision of how to negotiate with putin. Just do it in two stages: Make a show of force first, and only then have dialogue. To do this, it is essential to continue to support Ukraine financially and militarily, and to undermine the foundations of the russian war economy. A good beginning would be for the self-described MAGA acolytes in Hungary and Slovakia to listen to Mr. Trump and stop buying russian oil, and to finally use the more than $200 billion of frozen russian assets in Europe to give financial assistance to the victims of Mr. putin’s war.
The largest country on earth doesn’t need more land. It should take better care of what is already within its internationally recognized borders. The leadership of russia must understand that its attempt to rebuild Europe’s last empire is doomed to fail. The age of empires is over.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/opinion/putin-poland-radoslaw-sikorski.html
