Published by Global Banking and Finance Review
Posted on November 17, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 21, 2026
Russian air defence forces destroyed 36 Ukrainian drones overnight, impacting energy infrastructure and leaving 500,000 people without power.
MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian air defence forces destroyed 36 Ukrainian drones over seven Russian regions overnight on Monday, the defence ministry said.
Denis Pushilin, the top Russian-backed official in Donetsk, said an attack by Ukrainian strike drones on energy infrastructure had left roughly 500,000 people without power across several districts. Work was continuing to restore the electricity supply, Pushilin wrote on Telegram.
The governor of the Ulyanovsk region east of Moscow said an attack by a Ukrainian drone on a substation there had been repelled. There were no casualties and the power supply was unaffected, Alexei Russkikh wrote on Telegram.
(Reporting by Reuters; Editing by Guy Faulconbridge)
Air defense refers to the measures taken to protect a country or area from aerial threats, including missiles and aircraft. It involves various systems and technologies to detect and intercept these threats.
Energy infrastructure includes the facilities and systems that generate, transmit, and distribute energy. This encompasses power plants, substations, and transmission lines essential for energy supply.
A drone is an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) that can be remotely controlled or fly autonomously. Drones are used for various purposes, including surveillance, delivery, and military operations.
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