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Russian drones target Ukraine’s energy sites to leave civilians without heat and light

The strike on 8 September also resulted in fires at industrial facilities and residential buildings in Kyiv and Dnipropetrovsk oblasts.
Russian drones ignited fire at an unspecified industrial enterprise in Kyiv Oblast, which rescue teams successfully extinguished without casualties.
Russian drones ignited fire at an unspecified industrial enterprise in Kyiv Oblast on 8 September, which rescue teams successfully extinguished without casualties. Photo: State emergency service
Russian drones target Ukraine’s energy sites to leave civilians without heat and light

Russia conducted another large-scale aerial attack on Ukraine during the night of 8 September, deploying 142 strike drones across multiple regions and damaging civilian infrastructure and energy systems.

This attack follows one of Russia’s largest aerial assault to date, conducted in the early hours of 7 September, when Moscow launched 823 drones and missiles across Ukraine. That strike resulted in three civilian casualties, including the deaths of a woman and her two-month-old infant in Kyiv’s Sviatoshynskyi District. The assault also damaged Ukraine’s Cabinet of Ministers building for the first time since the full-scale war began. 

The attacks on 8 September involved Shahed-type drones, “Gerbera” drones, and other unmanned aircraft launched from four separate directions. Ukrainian defense forces successfully intercepted 112 of the attacking drones, according to the Air Force Command.

Russia has achieved monthly production capacity of 2,700 Shahed-type drones, primarily manufacturing “Geran-2” variants in Tatarstan’s Yelabuga, which Ukraine targets regularly with drones.
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Russia targets Ukraine’s energy sites

Russian drones specifically targeted Ukraine’s energy sector, with one thermal generation facility in Kyiv Oblast coming under what the Ministry of Energy described as “massive Russian shelling.”

The ministry stated that the attack aimed to “cause even more difficulties for the peaceful population of Ukraine, to leave Ukrainian homes, hospitals, kindergartens and schools without light and heat.”

The Ministry of Energy emphasized that generation facilities, electricity transmission and distribution systems, and gas infrastructure are civilian rather than military targets. 

Aftermath of the Russian drone strike on an industrial enterprise in Kyiv Oblast on 8 September. Photo: State emergency service

Damage from Russian strikes in Kyiv and Dnipropetrovsk areas

In Kyiv Oblast, the attacks resulted in a fire at an industrial enterprise, which rescue teams successfully extinguished without casualties. Blast waves also damaged a shopping center and fitness club in the vicinity.

Dnipropetrovsk Oblast in eastern Ukraine experienced separate attacks on Pokrovska, Mezhivska, and Bohdanivska communities. The strikes ignited fires at a fire protection administrative building, a kitchen and an outbuilding at a private residence, the State Emergency Service reported. No casualties were recorded in these incidents.