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Posted on December 18, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 20, 2026
Russia's drone attack on Ukraine's Cherkasy region injured six and caused blackouts. Critical infrastructure was targeted, with significant damage reported.
Dec 18 (Reuters) - Russia launched a "massive" drone attack on Ukraine's central Cherkasy region, injuring six people and triggering a blackout in part of Cherkasy city, the local governor said on Thursday.
"A difficult night for our Cherkasy region," Governor Ihor Taburets said on the Telegram messaging app.
Taburets said the attack targeted critical infrastructure and that part of the region's main city was without power. He also reported damage to more than a dozen of private houses.
The military said Russia had launched 82 drones on Ukraine overnight, and Ukrainian forces destroyed 63 of them.
The governor of the southern Mykolaiv region said Russia attacked energy infrastructure there, leaving settlements in the Voznesensk and Mykolaiv districts without power, though it was later restored to most households.
Russia has sharply increased the number and intensity of its attacks on Ukrainian infrastructure in recent months, targeting gas, energy and distribution facilities and plunging entire cities into darkness. An attack over the weekend left more than a million households across Ukraine without power.
(Reporting by Anna Pruchnicka; Editing by Kate Mayberry)
Critical infrastructure refers to essential systems and assets that are vital for the functioning of a society and economy, including energy, transportation, and communication systems.
A blackout is a temporary loss of electrical power in a specific area, often caused by damage to the power grid or infrastructure, leading to disruptions in services.
A drone attack involves the use of unmanned aerial vehicles to strike targets, often used in military operations to target specific locations without deploying ground troops.
Risk management is the process of identifying, assessing, and prioritizing risks followed by coordinated efforts to minimize, monitor, and control the probability or impact of unfortunate events.
A financial crisis is a situation in which the value of financial institutions or assets drops significantly, leading to widespread economic instability and loss of confidence in the financial system.
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