Russian strikes on Ukraine leave hundreds of thousands without electricity

What the report says

Russian strikes on energy infrastructure in Ukraine have left large parts of the country without electricity, according to Al Jazeera’s report published on 8 Nov. 2026. The piece says more than 600,000 people in the eastern Dnipropetrovsk region lost power after an overnight attack on an energy facility, while another 250,000 people were cut off in the neighboring Kharkiv region after a separate strike on an infrastructure site. DTEK, a Ukrainian energy company, said outages affected areas including Pavlohrad, Samarivskyi, Kamianske, Dnipro and the city of Dnipro.

The report said engineers were working to repair damaged equipment, but repeated attacks were slowing restoration efforts. In Kharkiv region, local officials said no casualties had been reported and that the timeline for restoring supply was unclear. Al Jazeera also noted that Ukraine had already faced a major assault on energy sites the previous day, which disrupted power in five regions and affected electricity transmission in Kyiv.

The strikes fit into a broader pattern of Russian attacks on Ukraine’s power grid ahead of winter, when demand rises and outages can have wider consequences for civilians and public services. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has accused Moscow of increasing pressure ahead of US-brokered talks scheduled in Abu Dhabi, while Russia’s defence ministry said it would continue targeting Ukrainian fuel and energy infrastructure that it claims supports the military.