Overnight Russian airstrikes damage Ukrainian power grid and kill one in Kyiv

On Thursday, November 12, 2026, a wave of Russian overnight drone and missile strikes hit targets across Ukraine, resulting in the death of one woman and injuring five people in Kyiv. A Russian drone struck a nine-storey apartment building in the capital's Solomyanskyi district, causing a fire. Ukrainian officials reported that the strikes left nine regions without power, with significant damage to energy infrastructure including substations in the Vinnytsia, Kirovohrad, Zhytomyr, Cherkasy, and Khmelnytskyi regions.

Moscow’s Defence Ministry stated that the operation targeted military-industrial facilities, specifically a rocket factory in Kyiv, a drone assembly workshop, and a missile fuel plant in the surrounding area. Regional Ukrainian officials confirmed that civilian energy infrastructure was damaged, leading to acute outages, particularly in the Shepetivka district of the Khmelnytskyi region. Additionally, Russia reported the interception of 71 Ukrainian drones overnight, with Mayor Sergei Sobyanin noting that five drones heading toward Moscow were neutralized.

These strikes continue a long-term Russian campaign targeting Ukraine’s power grid. While no further specific legal or recovery timelines were announced by the authorities beyond the ongoing emergency response to the power outages and the containment of structural damage in Kyiv and the affected provinces.