LONDON– Life assistance centers and essential facilities in the southerly Ukrainian city of Odesa were compelled onto backup power by over night Russian strikes on power targets, Ukrainian authorities claimed very early Sunday.
” The adversary remains to intentionally strike private facilities in the southerly component of the Odesa area,” Oleh Kiper, the head of the Odesa Regional Armed force Management, composed on Telegram.
” In spite of energetic air protection initiatives, last evening strike drones once more harmed power centers, consisting of a solar energy plant,” Kiper included. “Terminates that burst out were without delay snuffed out by the State Emergency situation Solution devices. Luckily, there were no casualties.”
” Durability factors have actually been released in the afflicted location,” Kiper composed. “Life-support centers and essential facilities have actually been switched over to backup power.”
The Ukrainian Power Ministry verified Kiper’s record, claiming in social media sites blog posts that there was “a power blackout” in Odesa as an outcome of Russian strikes.

This documents image reveals firemans operating at the website of the Russian drone strike in Odesa area, Ukraine, on Nov. 11, 2025.
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Ukraine’s flying force claimed Russia introduced one ballistic rocket and 176 drones right into the nation overnight, of which 139 drones were obliterated or reduced. Thirty-seven drones influenced throughout 14 areas, the flying force claimed.
Moscow is magnifying its strikes versus essential facilities– especially power targets– all throughout Ukraine accompanying the beginning of freezing climate, according to Ukrainian authorities. Russian pressures have actually targeted power facilities throughout Moscow’s full-blown intrusion, which started in February 2022.
Ukrainian Head of state Volodymyr Zelenskyy claimed in a declaration on Sunday that Kyiv is functioning to boost its air defenses together with Western companions. “We have actually prepared brand-new solid arrangements with Europe to dramatically reinforce our air protection, our durability and our diplomacy,” he composed on Telegram.
The head of state likewise claimed his federal government is boosting its power grid and protecting even more gas materials in action to Russian strikes.
” We currently have arrangements in position for funding gas imports– and we will certainly cover virtually 2 billion euros required for gas imports to make up for the losses in Ukrainian manufacturing brought on by Russian strikes,” Zelenskky claimed in a declaration published to the governmental workplace site.
Zelenskyy introduced a brand-new bargain for gas imports from Greece and claimed Kyiv is collaborating with European Union, American, Norwegian, Gloss and Azerbaijani companions to protect even more materials and prepare funding for added imports.
On Saturday, Zelenskyy claimed in a declaration that the federal government’s “wintertime assistance components” consist of the dealing with of power and gas costs for homes, funding of gas imports and the structure of tools books for repair work after Russian strikes.