Russia launched drones at one of the substations of NEC "Ukrenergo" in the Kryvyi Rih district. Forty thousand people were without electricity, and over 100 mine workers were underground.
Power outage in Kryvyi Rih
The head of Dnipropetrovsk RMA, Serhiy Lysak, said that the combat drone hit led to the blackout of more than 40,000 subscribers.
In particular, two mines. More than 100 workers remained underground. Some of them have already been brought to the surface.
At the same time, defenders from Air Command "East" downed three attack drones over the region.
NEC Ukrenergo informs that specialists and emergency services are inspecting the damaged equipment. Emergency recovery work will begin immediately after the inspection.
Drone attack on February 2
At night, the Russian invaders used 25 UAVs of the "Shahed-136/131" type. Defence forces destroyed 11 drones. Seven more did not reach their targets and were lost.
In the Kherson region, mobile fire groups of the Kherson anti-aircraft missile brigade destroyed two enemy combat drones, "Shahed-136/131".
In the Kharkiv region, around 2:30 a.m., an enemy drone was hit in the Izium district. Previously, there were no casualties.
The air defence unit worked in the Kirovohrad region, in the city of Kropyvnytskyi and Kropyvnytskyi district. Previously, there were no casualties.
