# Ukraine war latest: Russia launches its biggest mass attack on Ukraine's energy infrastructure this year

https://mins.news/en/item/127711

- The Kyiv Independent, 2026-11-03 18:58 UTC
- World
- Original: https://kyivindependent.com/ukraine-war-latest-russia-launches-biggest-mass-attack-on-ukraines-energy-infrastructure-this-year/

> Russia carried out its largest mass attack this year on Ukraine’s energy facilities on Nov. 3, striking substations, transmission systems and power plants across 10 oblasts and leaving households nationwide without power. Ukraine said three drones targeted a substation critical to the Khmelnytskyi Nuclear Power Plant. The report also covers a confrontation near Kyiv and ensuing investigations.

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