Published by Global Banking and Finance Review
Posted on November 18, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 21, 2026
Ukrainian drones attacked power plants in Donetsk, causing outages. This move aims to disrupt Russian logistics. Emergency crews are restoring power.
(Reuters) -The Moscow-installed head of the parts of Ukraine's eastern region of Donetsk controlled by Russia said on Tuesday that "an unprecedented" Ukrainian overnight attack damaged two thermal power plants, leaving many settlements without electricity.
Denis Pushilin, writing on the Telegram messaging app, said boiler houses and water filtration plants at the Zuivska and Starobesheve thermal power plants had shut down and that emergency crews were working to restore supplies.
On Monday, Pushilin said that an attack by Ukrainian strike drones on energy infrastructure had left roughly 500,000 people without power across several districts.
Reuters could not independently verity the report. There was no immediate comment from Ukraine about the attack.
Kyiv has stepped up long-range drone and missile strikes against power plants and infrastructure in Russian-controlled parts of Donetsk in recent weeks, seeking to disrupt military logistics and undermine Moscow's ability to sustain its war.
(Reporting by Lidia Kelly in Melbourne; Editing by Christian Schmollinger)
Energy infrastructure refers to the physical systems and facilities that generate, transmit, and distribute energy, including power plants, electrical grids, and pipelines.
Thermal power plants are facilities that generate electricity by converting heat energy, typically from burning fossil fuels, into electrical energy through steam turbines.
Military logistics involves the planning and execution of the movement and support of forces, including the supply of equipment, personnel, and resources necessary for military operations.
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