Published by Global Banking & Finance Review®
Posted on December 12, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 20, 2026
Russia's attack on Odesa's energy facilities led to fires and blackouts, impacting thousands. DTEK restored power to some, but many remain affected.
KYIV, Dec 12 (Reuters) - Russia attacked energy facilities in the southern Ukrainian Odesa region overnight, causing fires and blackouts, the local governor and emergency service said on Friday.
Governor Oleh Kiper said on Telegram the drone attack left several settlements in the region, where Ukraine's main seaports are concentrated, without electricity.
Russia has intensified attacks on Ukraine's energy sector and infrastructure in recent weeks, targeting power stations and railway hubs as winter deepens and the war approaches its fourth anniversary.
Ukraine's biggest power company DTEK said in a statement that one of its sub-stations and another unspecified energy facility belonging to another firm were hit.
DTEK said it had restored power to 40,000 customers, however 90,000 were still without.
Earlier this week, the government approved a series of measures to save electricity as entire regions often go without power following Russian attacks.
(Reporting by Pavel Polityuk; Editing by Tom Hogue)
An energy facility is a location where energy is produced, processed, or distributed. This can include power plants, substations, and renewable energy sites.
Blackouts are temporary interruptions in the supply of electricity, often caused by failures in the electrical grid or damage to power infrastructure.
A drone attack involves the use of unmanned aerial vehicles to strike targets, often used in military operations to target specific locations without direct human involvement.
The energy sector encompasses all activities related to the production, distribution, and consumption of energy, including fossil fuels, renewables, and electricity generation.
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