“At night, Russian troops attacked the energy infrastructure of the Mykolayiv region, causing blackouts in two districts, the head of the OVA reported”, — write: www.radiosvoboda.org
According to him, because of this, there is a blackout in populated areas in the Voznesensky and Mykolaiv districts.
Previously, there were no casualties.
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Since the beginning of the full-scale invasion in February 2022, Russia has been striking Ukraine’s energy infrastructure. Since the beginning of the fall of 2025, the Russian military has increased its shelling of the Ukrainian energy and gas infrastructure, which supplies people with gas during the heating season.
According to the Ministry of Energy, as of December 12, the Russian military has attacked Ukraine’s energy infrastructure 4,500 times since the beginning of this year.
In Ukraine, due to damage to energy facilities as a result of Russian shelling, hourly blackout schedules and capacity limitation schedules are used for industrial consumers and businesses.