Russian strikes leave Vinnytsia without power, officials say

Russian attacks cut electricity supplies across Vinnytsia in central Ukraine, forcing electric public transport to stop and essential services to switch to generators, Mayor Serhii Morhunov said, according to Ukrainian news agency UNIAN. The city was assessing the damage while passengers were redirected towards buses.

The mayor said critical infrastructure was operating on backup power during the outage. More buses and minibuses would run instead of electric transport until electricity returned, he said. Officials had not given a timetable for restoring all services.

Censor.net reported that civilian infrastructure was damaged and four people were injured in the attack, two of whom were admitted to hospital. These casualty reports were separate from figures for strikes elsewhere in Ukraine. The sources did not establish a complete citywide damage estimate.

Ukrinform also reported the blackout following the Russian attack. UNIAN said energy workers were assessing the extent of the disruption. The mayor promised further information as the picture became clearer, but did not provide a definite restoration time.

Ukraine's electricity system was already facing restrictions after damage from earlier Russian strikes, UNIAN reported. The national power operator Ukrenergo had warned of scheduled disconnections in some regions and limits affecting industry and business. Emergency outages had also been introduced in Kyiv the previous day, according to UNIAN.

The interruption had an immediate effect on ordinary journeys within Vinnytsia as trolleybuses and other electric vehicles could not operate. Maintaining backup supplies for critical facilities was the municipal authority's stated priority while crews examined damage and the wider electricity network.