Russia hits Ukraine energy and railway infrastructure in large-scale attack across eight regions

Russian forces carried out a large-scale overnight attack on civilian, critical and logistics infrastructure across eight Ukrainian regions on February 17, temporarily disrupting water and heating supplies in some areas.

Deputy Prime Minister for Restoration of Ukraine — Minister for Development of Communities and Territories of Ukraine Oleksii Kuleba said this.

Russian occupying forces again launched a mass overnight strike on civilian, critical and logistics infrastructure in several regions of Ukraine. Sumy, Zaporizhzhia, Dnipropetrovsk, Chernihiv, Odesa, Poltava, Ivano-Frankivsk and other regions came under attack.

The invaders deliberately targeted energy facilities, substations and thermal generation sites. In several regions this caused temporary disruptions to water and heating supplies.

Power outages in the Odesa region have partially suspended heating and water supplies, while restoration work continues in the Sumy region.

All services are operating continuously, with coordination at both regional and central government levels aimed at restoring utilities to residents as quickly as possible.

Hostile drone strikes also damaged railway infrastructure in the Donetsk, Sumy, Dnipropetrovsk and Chernihiv regions. No casualties were reported as railway staff were in shelters during the attacks. Train services continue to run and repairs are underway.

Power outages on February 17 following the attack

Ukraine’s national grid operator Ukrenergo said on February 17 that a large number of consumers in several regions were left without electricity following a massive Russian missile and drone attack on energy facilities. The situation is most difficult in the Odesa region, especially in Odesa, with outages also reported in Zaporizhzhia, Donetsk, Dnipropetrovsk and Kharkiv regions.

Emergency repair work has already begun where the security situation allows. Energy workers are trying to return damaged equipment to operation as quickly as possible.

Following previous large-scale attacks, electricity consumption restrictions for industry and scheduled hourly power cuts for households remain in place across most regions. Emergency outages have been introduced in some areas, temporarily overriding previously published schedules.