Russian forces target energy facilities in Ukraine's north and south

Russian forces struck an energy facility belonging to Ukrenergo, Ukraine's national energy company, in the country's south on 14 August.

Source: the press service for Ukrenergo

Details: No power outages occurred and emergency repairs are underway.

In addition, Russian UAVs attacked an energy facility operated by a local distribution system operator in Ukraine's north, leading to power outages in some districts of Chernihiv Oblast.

The power supply had been restored to all consumers by the morning.

Ukraine's Energy Ministry reported that a substation and household consumers had faced power outages in Kharkiv Oblast due to hostilities.

Substations, household and industrial consumers and the railway lost power in Chernihiv Oblast during an air raid. However, train traffic was not affected. Over 19,000 customers lost power due to the attack, though the power supply was restored using a backup scheme.

Due to hostilities, a substation and one of the mines in Donetsk Oblast suffered a power outage. At the time of the incident, 24 people were in the mine. All of them were brought to the surface.

Background: On the night of 13-14 August, Russian forces targeted Zhytomyr Oblast with loitering munitions, hitting an infrastructure facility. Ukrainian air defence shot down three Shahed UAVs.

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