Russian strikes cut power to over 600,000 in Dnipro region
More than 600,000 consumers lost power in Dnipropetrovsk region, part of a wider 850,000-strong outage across eastern Ukraine, officials said.
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A wider count puts the eastern Ukraine outage at more than 850,000 people, beyond the 600,000 figure for Dnipropetrovsk region alone.
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Incidents in this story
- Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine · overnight into Sunday: Russian strikes cut power to 600,000+ in Dnipropetrovsk region
- Dnipro: Drone strike destroys building in Dnipro suburbs (1 killed, 1 injured)
- transport company depot, Dnipro: Second strike sets trucks and warehouses ablaze at Dnipro transport firm
More than 600,000 consumers lost power in Ukraine's Dnipropetrovsk region after Russian strikes damaged energy facilities overnight into Sunday, regional governor Oleksandr Hanzha said. A wider figure covering the whole of eastern Ukraine put the outage at more than 850,000 people in total, according to Antena 3 CNN, a bigger total that should not be confused with the 600,000 figure specific to Dnipropetrovsk region.
Hanzha said the outages hit the Dnipro, Kamianske, Samara, Pavlohrad and Synelnykove districts, after what he described as enemy attacks on the region's energy system. Ukrainian energy company said on Telegram that overnight attacks had damaged important energy facilities across the region, and that hospitals and other critical infrastructure had switched to generators while repair crews worked to restore supply.
Russian strikes the same night also hit energy infrastructure in the neighbouring Kharkiv region, where a drone struck what the mayor of Zlatopil, Mykola Baksheyev, described as a critical facility, BFMTV reported.
The attacks on Dnipropetrovsk and Kharkiv followed a larger Russian strike on energy infrastructure across 5 Ukrainian regions overnight between Friday and Saturday, which also cut power supplies, according to BFMTV. Zelensky said Russia was using the strikes as a form of pressure ahead of the resumption of trilateral talks due next week.
A separate Russian drone strike destroyed a building in Dnipro's suburbs, killing 1 person and injuring another, Censor.net reported. In a second attack the same day, Russian strikes set trucks and warehouses ablaze at a transport company in Dnipro, Ukrinform reported.
Negotiators from Russia, Ukraine and the United States are due to meet in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday, in what would be the fourth round of talks mediated by the Trump administration, the most recent having been held in Geneva in February, Știripesurse reported. Western governments backing the peace push have acknowledged that territorial and security questions remain unresolved.
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What we know
- Official · Oleksandr Hanzha More than 600,000 consumers lost power in Ukraine's Dnipropetrovsk region after Russian strikes damaged energy facilities overnight, regional governor Oleksandr Hanzha said.
- 1 outlet · Antena 3 CNN A wider count put the outage at more than 850,000 people across eastern Ukraine as a whole, according to Antena 3 CNN.
- Official · DTEK The outages hit the Dnipro, Kamianske, Samara, Pavlohrad and Synelnykove districts; hospitals switched to generators, DTEK said.
- Official · mayor of Zlatopil Russian strikes the same night also hit a critical facility in the Kharkiv region, the mayor of Zlatopil said.
- Official · officials A separate drone strike destroyed a building in Dnipro's suburbs, killing 1 and injuring another; a second strike set trucks and warehouses ablaze at a transport company, officials said.
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Claims tracker →- UnverifiedOleksandr Hanzha· 8 Nov 2026
Oleksandr Hanzha said Russian strikes damaged energy facilities overnight into Sunday, causing power outages for over 600,000 consumers in Ukraine's Dnipropetrovsk region.
- UnverifiedOleksandr Hanzha· 8 Nov 2026
Regional governor Oleksandr Hanzha said Russian strikes damaged energy facilities overnight into Sunday, cutting power to over 600,000 consumers in the Dnipropetrovsk region.
- UnverifiedDTEK· 8 Nov 2026
Ukrainian energy company DTEK said overnight attacks had damaged important energy facilities across the region, forcing hospitals and critical infrastructure to switch to generators.
Why it matters for Europe
The outages add to a difficult winter for Ukraine's power grid as Russia steps up strikes on energy infrastructure while renewed ceasefire talks are due to resume. Hospitals and other critical services in the affected Dnipropetrovsk districts had to switch to backup generators to keep running. Dnipropetrovsk is one of Ukraine's most populous regions, and outages there affect industry as well as households.
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A wider count puts the eastern Ukraine outage at more than 850,000 people, beyond the 600,000 figure for Dnipropetrovsk region alone.
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Reported by 12 reports from 13 independent outlets in 5 countries.
- Ukrainska Pravda: Блекаут на Дніпропетровщині: світло зникло у понад 600 тисяч споживачів
- Le Monde: EN DIRECT, guerre en Ukraine : plus de 600 000 personnes privées d’électricité dans l’oblast de Dnipropetrovsk, après une attaque russe dans la nuit
- BFMTV: Guerre en Ukraine: plus de 600.000 personnes privées d'électricité après une attaque russe
- Știripesurse: Mai mult de 600.000 de ucraineni au rămas fără curent electric în urma unui atac rus
- Liveuamap: Power blackout in Dnipro city – Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine
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Questions and answers
- How many people lost power?
- More than 600,000 consumers in Dnipropetrovsk region, regional governor Oleksandr Hanzha said, within a wider eastern Ukraine total of more than 850,000, according to Antena 3 CNN.
- What else was hit that night?
- A separate Russian strike hit a critical facility in the Kharkiv region, and a drone strike destroyed a building in Dnipro's suburbs, killing 1 person; a second strike set trucks and warehouses ablaze at a transport company.
- Why is this happening now?
- President Zelensky said Russia was using the strikes as pressure ahead of a new round of trilateral talks due in Abu Dhabi next week.
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