Early on Tuesday, Russian forces used drones to attack Vilniansk in the Zaporizhzhia region of Ukraine amidst Russia Ukraine war.
The head of the Zaporizhzhia Regional Military Administration, Ivan Fedorov, confirmed that the attack broke windows in neighboring homes and damaged a vital electricity facility, but that no one was killed in the city.
As the massive fire that was visible for kilometers was contained by emergency personnel, heated shelters for those in need were established and power was restored to the impacted districts. Asserting continued attacks on Ukraine’s energy grid as winter continues, the strike was part of a larger overnight drone barrage that took place from February 9 to 10.
According to a Telegram report by Ukraine’s State Emergency Service (DSNS), “Russian drones attacked settlements in the Zaporizhzhia district.”
“Shelling caused fires at multiple addresses, resulting in burning residential structures. The blast wave caused damage to nearby buildings.”, the emergency alert stated.
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Nuclear power plants were forced to reduce their output in December 2025 after a massive Russian drone and missile attack damaged power facilities in eight Ukrainian regions, resulting in blackouts.
As per the Kyiv government, the attack targeted power and heat generation facilities located in the regions of Chernihiv, Zaporizhzhia, Lviv, and Dnipropetrovsk.
In the southern Odesa region, 3,4,000 customers were left without water supply and 9,500 customers were still without heat, according to a Telegram message.
The Russian defense ministry claimed that in retaliation for what it described as Ukrainian attacks on civilian targets, its forces launched a “massive strike”.
High-precision, long-range air and ground-based weapons, such as Kinzhal hypersonic missiles and long-range drones, were used in the strike.
According to the ministry, it specifically targeted Ukraine’s military-industrial businesses, the energy infrastructure that supports their operations, and port infrastructure that is utilized for military purposes.
