Ukraine’s president says another 80,000 households in Kyiv region lost electricity. DTEK says crews are repairing damaged facilities wherever security conditions allow.
Overnight Russian attacks left households across Ukraine’s Dnipro and Kyiv regions without electricity, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on 31 October 2026. Al Jazeera carried his account of the outages:
| Region | Households |
|---|---|
| Dnipro | More than 200,000 |
| Kyiv | 80,000 |
The electricity system was still recovering from earlier strikes. Ukrenergo said new attacks were hitting before previous damage had been fully repaired, with emergency restoration work continuing wherever security conditions permitted.
Zelenskyy said Russian Shahed drones struck a combined heat and power plant—a facility that produces both electricity and heat—in Kyiv on the evening of 30 October. A Russian drone hit another such plant in Shostka before dawn on 31 October. He also described overnight strikes on 4 electrical substations in the Dnipropetrovsk region, railway infrastructure in Dnipro and Kharkiv, and a gas distribution facility in the Dnipropetrovsk region.
DTEK said 2 DTEK Dnipro Electrical Networks facilities were damaged, including one where workers had already spent nearly two days on restoration. The company said its energy workers were continuing repairs across the region as far as security conditions allowed.
Kyivvodokanal said Russian attacks had cut power to its main water facilities on 3 November. The whole metro network was also suspended, while the water supplier and electricity workers worked to restore service.
On the morning of 31 October, DTEK Kyiv Electrical Networks said stabilization power outages were in effect in Kyiv by order of Ukrenergo. In the surrounding Kyiv region, DTEK Kyiv Regional Electrical Networks said ongoing attacks and equipment damage had left areas in the Buchanskyi, Obukhivskyi and Fastivskyi districts without electricity; outage schedules did not apply there.
Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said the city’s water supply and wastewater systems were operating normally that morning. Energy and utility workers had worked overnight after three strikes on a critical infrastructure facility the previous evening.
Zelenskyy welcomed US approval for Ukraine to purchase 500 PAC-3 Patriot interceptors—air-defense missiles—but warned that delivery could take years rather than meet Ukraine’s immediate needs.
He urged the United States, European partners and other allies to transfer interceptors from existing stocks immediately for winter 2026–2027. He said partners could replenish those stocks in subsequent years through production already contracted and paid for.
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