Three Dead in Russian Strikes as Moscow Hits Ukraine’s Power Grid
Russian attacks on Ukraine’s power grid have killed three people, including a seven-year-old girl, and injured 17 others, officials said.
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Russia launched more than 650 drones and over 50 missiles in the latest attacks.
Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko called the strikes “systematic energy terror,” saying Russia is targeting Ukraine’s power supply ahead of winter.
In Zaporizhzhia in the south, rescuers found a man under the rubble, but he did not survive. Another person also died in the same area. In Vinnytsia in central-west Ukraine, a seven-year-old girl died in hospital from her injuries. Many of the injured were children aged two to 16.
Ukraine relies on central systems for water, sewage, and heating, so power cuts affect daily life.
These attacks, continuing almost four years after Russia’s invasion, aim to hurt Ukrainian morale and disrupt weapons production and other war efforts.
Svyrydenko said: “Russia wants to strike at the lives and comfort of Ukrainians before winter. They aim to bring darkness; we aim to keep the lights on.”
In many of our regions, emergency and rescue operations are still underway after last night’s Russian attack. It was a complex, combined strike: the enemy used more than 650 drones and over fifty missiles of various types, including ballistic and aeroballistic ones. Many were… pic.twitter.com/UHBzWrUOoY
— Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський (@ZelenskyyUa) October 30, 2025
“To stop this violence, Ukraine needs more air defense systems, stronger sanctions, and maximum pressure on Russia,” she said, noting that so far, US-led diplomatic efforts to get Russia to negotiate peace have failed.
Local authorities reported that two energy facilities in the western Lviv region, near the Polish border, were damaged.
A Difficult Winter
Russia’s attacks on Ukraine’s energy grid will create a “new challenge” this winter, the President of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), Odile Renaud-Basso, told Euronews earlier this month.
Renaud-Basso emphasized that it is important for Ukraine “to keep strengthening and stay prepared.”
Before winter, the EBRD worked with Ukraine’s state-run oil and gas company, Naftogaz, to make sure the country had enough gas in storage.
But recent weeks have made this harder, as Russia increases missile and drone attacks on Ukraine’s already damaged energy system.
Since Russia’s full-scale invasion in February 2022, the EBRD has boosted investments in Ukraine, sending more than €8.3 billion to help the country.
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