# Russian strike halts three DTEK plants and damages Odesa grid infrastructure

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/russia-hits-substation-critical-for-nuclear-power-plant-in-biggest-mass-attack-on-ukraines-energy-this-year/
- Published: 2026-11-03T22:54:14+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-03T23:08:24+00:00
- Original publisher: Kyiv Independent (publisher lean: Left)
- Original article: https://kyivindependent.com/russia-unleashes-biggest-mass-attack-on-ukraines-energy-this-year-2/
- Topics: Business, Companies, Europe, Russia-Ukraine War, World

## Key points

- DTEK says three thermal plants stopped generating.
- Russia used 289 drones and 76 missiles.
- A nuclear plant substation was targeted.

## Summary

Newly added comments from DTEK chief executive Maxim Timchenko describe the attack as one of the most serious ever against the company’s facilities. Generation stopped at three of DTEK’s thermal power plants, and grid infrastructure in Odesa Oblast was damaged, as Russia carried out its largest mass attack on Ukraine’s energy system this year.

The attack involved 289 drones, 17 ballistic missiles and 59 cruise missiles across 10 oblasts, according to Energy Minister Denys Shmyhal. Three drones targeted a substation critical to the stable operation of the Khmelnytskyi Nuclear Power Plant; Shmyhal warned of a threat to nuclear safety across Europe and said he had informed the IAEA. Damage and power cuts were reported in Kyiv and several regions, as Ukraine braces for winter after millions lost heat and electricity during the previous severe winter.

## Coverage

- [Kyiv Independent: Russian strike halts three DTEK plants and damages Odesa grid infrastructure](https://kyivindependent.com/russia-unleashes-biggest-mass-attack-on-ukraines-energy-this-year-2/)
- [Meduza: Russian strikes trigger emergency power outages in several Ukrainian regions, cutting water supply across Kyiv](https://meduza.io/en/news/2026/11/03/russian-strikes-trigger-emergency-power-outages-in-several-ukrainian-regions-cutting-water-supply-across-kyiv)

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