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Home / News / World News / Photos / Kyiv restores electricity to 800,000 after Russian strikes on power grid

Kyiv restores electricity to 800,000 after Russian strikes on power grid

Updated On: 12 October, 2025 02:32 PM IST | ronak mastakar

Power was restored to over 800,000 residents in Kyiv on Saturday, a day after Russia launched major attacks on the Ukrainian power grid that caused blackouts across much of the country, and European leaders agreed to proceed toward using hundreds of billions of frozen Russian assets to support Ukraine`s war effort. (Pics/AFP)

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Power was restored to over 800,000 residents in Kyiv on Saturday, a day after Russia launched major attacks on the Ukrainian power grid that caused blackouts across much of the country, and European leaders agreed to proceed toward using hundreds of billions of frozen Russian assets to support Ukraine`s war effort. (Pics/AFP)

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Power was restored to over 800,000 residents in Kyiv on Saturday, a day after Russia launched major attacks on the Ukrainian power grid that caused blackouts across much of the country, and European leaders agreed to proceed toward using hundreds of billions of frozen Russian assets to support Ukraine`s war effort. (Pics/AFP)
<p>Ukraine`s largest private energy company, DTEK, said "the main work to restore the power supply" had been completed, but that some localised outages were still affecting the Ukrainian capital following Friday`s "massive" Russian attacks</p>

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Ukraine`s largest private energy company, DTEK, said "the main work to restore the power supply" had been completed, but that some localised outages were still affecting the Ukrainian capital following Friday`s "massive" Russian attacks

<p>Russian drone and missile strikes wounded at least 20 people in Kyiv, damaged residential buildings and triggered blackouts across swaths of Ukraine early Friday</p>

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Russian drone and missile strikes wounded at least 20 people in Kyiv, damaged residential buildings and triggered blackouts across swaths of Ukraine early Friday

<p>Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko described the attack as "one of the largest concentrated strikes" against Ukraine`s energy infrastructure</p>

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Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko described the attack as "one of the largest concentrated strikes" against Ukraine`s energy infrastructure

<p>Russia`s Defence Ministry on Friday said the strikes had targeted energy facilities supplying Ukraine`s military. It did not give details of those facilities, but said Russian forces used Kinzhal hypersonic missiles and strike drones against them</p>

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Russia`s Defence Ministry on Friday said the strikes had targeted energy facilities supplying Ukraine`s military. It did not give details of those facilities, but said Russian forces used Kinzhal hypersonic missiles and strike drones against them

<p>Ukraine`s air force said Saturday that its air defences intercepted or jammed 54 of 78 Russian drones launched against Ukraine overnight, while Russia`s defence ministry said it had shot down 42 Ukrainian drones over Russian territory</p>

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Ukraine`s air force said Saturday that its air defences intercepted or jammed 54 of 78 Russian drones launched against Ukraine overnight, while Russia`s defence ministry said it had shot down 42 Ukrainian drones over Russian territory

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