Russia Targets Ukraine's Energy Infrastructure with 653 Drones and 51 Missiles

Russian forces launched a massive combined missile and drone strike on Ukraine’s critical infrastructure overnight on December 5-6, damaging power facilities in eight regions, causing blackouts in six of them and injuring at least three civilians in Kyiv region, while Ukrainian air defenses said they destroyed or suppressed 615 of 704 air targets, according to Ukrainian officials on December 6.

Ukraine’s Air Force stated that its radar units detected 704 air attack weapons during the operation, comprising 51 missiles and 653 unmanned aerial vehicles of various types.

“Missile hits and 60 attack UAVs were recorded at 29 locations, as well as the fall of downed debris at three locations,” the Air Force said in a statement on Telegram. The attack was repelled by aviation, anti-aircraft missile units, electronic warfare and drone units, and mobile fire groups of the Defense Forces.

In Kyiv region, Fastiv, Vyshhorod and Bucha districts came under heavy fire during the night, regional emergency services reported. The State Emergency Service and Kyiv regional authorities said a railway station and a rolling stock maintenance depot in the city of Fastiv were hit, causing fires and significant damage to railway infrastructure.

In the western city of Lutsk, Mayor Ihor Polishchuk said the community “once again” came under a Russian air attack using drones, causing a large fire at food storage warehouses that destroyed property, interior fittings and products over an area of about 3,800 square meters, with firefighting operations still underway. “Thank God, there are no injured or dead. We thank the air defense fighters for their work,” he said.

Debris from unmanned aerial vehicles ignited a large warehouse in the village of Novi Petrivtsi and set alight three trucks, while one residential building was destroyed and several others damaged.

The Ministry of Energy of Ukraine said the overnight strike targeted electricity generation, transmission and distribution facilities in Kyiv, Chernihiv, Lviv, Odesa, Zaporizhzhia, Dnipropetrovsk, Mykolaiv and Kharkiv regions.

As of the morning of December 6, consumers in Odesa, Chernihiv, Kyiv, Kharkiv, Dnipropetrovsk and Mykolaiv regions were without power, with emergency repair work underway where security conditions permitted.

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Ukrzaliznytsia, the state railway operator, said the nodal station at Fastiv and suburban rolling stock were damaged, forcing restrictions on commuter routes and changes to regional train schedules, though no casualties were reported at railway facilities.

Earlier, it was reported that Russia carried out one of its largest combined drone and missile attacks against Ukraine, hitting Kyiv and multiple regions, with damage in Kyiv region including destroyed private properties in Fastiv district and other locations.

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