Wednesday, October 22, 2025

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▪️ #Zaporizhzhia Region:
Due to the night attack, about 2,000 people were left without electricity, reported the head of the #OVA #Ivan_Fedorov.
Repair work will begin immediately after the security situation is resolved.

💥#Cherkasy, #Poltava, #Chernihiv, #Kyiv regions —
explosions were recorded during the large-scale combined #Russian attack. The consequences are being clarified.

💡 The Ministry of Energy reported that the enemy struck #Ukraine's energy infrastructure throughout the night.

"#russian terrorists doing what #russian terrorists do!"🤮🤮🤮

From https://t.me/Pravda_Gerashchenko

Massive #Russian attack: #Kyiv under combined shelling, explosions in regions — what is known at 7:30

#Russia continues a combined attack on #Ukraine, with #Kyiv, #Cherkasy, #Poltava, #Zaporizhzhia, and #Chernihiv regions under the heaviest fire. The most difficult situation is in the capital, where the consequences of numerous hits on residential buildings are being dealt with.

▪️ #Kyiv:

Chernihiv City Experiences Total Blackout Following Major Russian Drone and Missile Attack

Chernihiv, a city in northern Ukraine, is facing a total blackout after a 'massive' Russian assault that involved more than 100 Shahed drones and six ballistic missiles. The attack targeted power infrastructure, leaving hundreds of thousands of residents without electricity and water. Additionally, ... [More info]

People shelter inside an invincibility center, where they can use Internet connection, charge their devices and warm up, amid a water and electricity supply outage, after critical infrastructure was hit during Russian drone attacks, in #Chernihiv, #Ukraine. REUTERS/Maksym Kishka

#photography

#BBCNews - Ukrainian city in total blackout after 'massive' Russian assault
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn8vrxjdd5go
#Chernihiv #UkraineWar
Ukraine: Chernihiv in total blackout after 'massive' Russian assault

Across the wider region, four people are reported to have been killed and 10 others injured.

From https://t.me/Pravda_Gerashchenko

About 20 strikes: the occupiers massively attacked #Novhorod_Siverskyi in #Chernihiv region

Currently, four dead are reported: two men and two women, according to the #OVA.

Preliminarily, seven injured, many destructions recorded in the city.

📹#Suspilne_Chernihiv

#ukraine #putinisamasskiller #putinisawarcriminal @kardinal691

4+ civilians murdered and 4 wounded, including 10-year-old child, by #Russia drone strikes in #Chernihiv region

100,000s of people across the region left without power and some without water

#Ukraine #RussiaWarCrimes

A heating facility and an energy infrastructure site were damaged in two communities of the #Chernihiv district.

As a result, emergency power outages were introduced in #Chernihiv and northern communities of the region. Critical infrastructure has been switched to generators.

▪️ #Dnipropetrovsk region: in the #Synelnykove district, #Russian drones attacked outbuildings, damaging four private houses, a car, and a gas pipeline.

▪️ #Kharkiv region: #Russians struck the city with six guided bombs (#KABs), injuring 11 people.

In the Industrial District of #Kharkiv, a strike hit a residential area, damaging 15 private houses and outbuildings.

Another strike targeted the territory of a civilian enterprise.

▪️ #Chernihiv region: over the past day, #Russian forces attacked the region with 51 aerial targets, including two ballistic missiles.