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Last night, Ukrainian drones massively attacked Russian energy infrastructure, causing severe power outages. 40% of Kursk residents were powered off, gas pipelines burned; a third of Belgorod was powered off; Volgograd was powered off, and nearby Voronezh was partially powered off; Crimean power plants and oil tanks were hit, and the peninsula entered the "candle mode."In addition, Moscow, Sochi, Rostov, Salatov and others were also drone attacks, and dozens of local airports were temporarily closed.
The city of Rilsk, Kursk, and the district of Belovsk, were cut off electricity after a drone attack.
On October 17, Izvestia reported that some residents in the Kursk region had lost power due to an attack by the Ukraine armed forces on energy infrastructure. The governor of the area, Alexander Hinstein, said on his telegram channel that on the evening of October 16, drone attacks targeted a substation in the city of Riersk in the western part of the region and a substation in the Belaya settlement in Belowski district.
In the city of Rilsk, after a drone hit a large transformation power plant and burned, most of the city and its suburbs were out of power.In addition, during the attack, a natural gas pipeline was also attacked by a drone, which caused the leaked natural gas to burn after the explosion.
As Alexander Hinstey pointed out, no casualties have been reported yet, but preliminary statistics show that more than 40% of Kursk's people have been cut off, and emergency services are working to eliminate the consequences.
Electrical infrastructure in the Valuiski district, Belgorod, was hit and one-third of the city was out of power.
On the same day, October 16, drones attacked targets in Belgorod. According to Belgorod Oblast Governor Vyacheslav Gradkov reported on the Telegraph Channel that in the Belgorod region, a power infrastructure in the Valujsky region was damaged by several drones, resulting in temporary power outages in one-third of Belgorod.
Governor Vyacheslav Gradkov said three drones were intercepted in the Belgorod region at night, but several that escaped hit an "infrastructure" in the Valujsky region. A fire broke out at the facility after the drone exploded and some equipment was burned.
He wrote on Telegram channel: “In this regard, the city may have a temporary turnover power outage, especially the street lighting network.
In addition, as a result of a drone attack by the Ukrainian armed forces on a car in the village of Krasnoyarsk, several people were injured and sent to hospitals in the Belgorod region.
The local blogger in Belgorod said that the electric power facilities in Belgorod were frequently hit in the last two months, with frequent power outages. Earlier, on October 5, about 40,000 inhabitants in the Belgorod area were cut off due to a similar riot, when the attacked power station began to supply electricity after it was restored on Monday.
3. The Barashovskaya substation in the Volgograd region was attacked, and power was lost in most areas of the state and some areas in neighboring Voronezh.
Russian online media ASTRA quoted Volgograd Region Governor Andrei Bocharov as saying on the Telegraph channel that a large number of drones attacked Volgograd on Thursday night, mainly targeting power facilities. Although most of the invading drones were intercepted, the drone wreckage damaged the Barashovskaya Power Line Substation in the Novi Nikolaevsky District. Several key equipment in the substation was smashed and burned.
Because of this, power outages occurred not only in most areas of Volgograd, but also in some areas of neighboring Voronezh.
Governor Andrey Bochalov said: "The air defense forces of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation repelled a massive drone attack on energy infrastructure in the Volgograd region, and four drones were intercepted.Repair services are restoring power supply to settlements near the power station.
In the early morning of Friday, Ukrainian drones hit several Russian-occupied power plants in Crimea, and the peninsula opened candle mode.
On October 17, the newspaper that the Russian-occupied Crimea peninsula was hit by a massive drone attack by the Ukrainian armed forces, which damaged several power stations in the region.
The newspaper quoted the head of Crimea Sergei Akshonov as saying on Telegram channel that the drone attack on Crimea had serious consequences, beginning in the early hours of October 17, several power stations in the republic were damaged and power supply was interrupted.
Sergei Akshonov said that repairs are currently underway at the damaged site. He assured that more details about the completion of the repair and the time of the power connection will be learned later through the official resources of the local government. He also urged local residents to remain calm and trust only reliable sources of information. He said in a telegram channel post that the last night, a total of 32 drones were shot down over the territory of the region.
Residents of the city of Simferopol, in the Crimean peninsula, released footage of a burning oil tank in the village of Gualdeskoy. According to residents, drones attacked several power stations on the peninsula on Friday morning and also attacked the oil tank dedicated to the Russian military.
Crimean Wind forwarded a live video posted by a local blogger saying: From anywhere on the Crimean Peninsula, you can see the burning smoke from the oil depot in the village of Gwardeskoye.
From Thursday evening to Friday morning, Ukrainian drones also attacked Moscow, Sochi, Rostov, Saratov and other places.
On the morning of October 17, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation issued a notice of attacking a Ukrainian drone from Thursday night to the early hours of Friday morning. The announcement stated that between 11:00 p.m. on Thursday and 7:00 a.m. on Friday, Russian air defense forces intercepted and destroyed a total of 61 drones in six regions including Moscow:
There were 32 aircraft over Crimea, 13 over the Rostov region, 6 over the Black Sea, five over the Briansk region, two over the state of Tula and Moscow, and one over the region of Kursk.
But online publication Fontanka reported that after 2 a.m. on October 17, Sochi reported a drone attack and air defense systems were working normally.
The mayor of the city, Andrei Proshunin, on the telegram channel that “in the territory of the city of Sochi, the threat of drone attacks has been announced”.In his post, he urged residents and city guests not to go out, not close to windows, hide in rooms with no windows overlooking the sea, or hide in rooms without windows, not use cars as shelters.
At 04:55, Prosunin posted: "Sochi's air defense system is working. Drone attacks are being repelled by anti-aircraft missiles.
About seven and a half a.m., Prushning sent a message announcing that the dangerous drone attack was basically over.
Rostov governor Yuri Slyusar reported in a post on his Telegram channel that the morning drone strikes targeting Novoshakhtinsk, Milerovsky, Belokalitvinsky, Krasnosulinsky and Rodionovo-Nesveteisky districts of the region were repelled and no one was injured.
But some buildings in the village of Kisherevo in Krasnoyarsk district were hit by several drones, and the houses were severely damaged and burned.
The governor of Saratov region also reported on the Telegram channel a large-scale drone attack in the early hours of the morning. He said that 12 drones were shot down in the early morning hours. Local authorities did not report any damage or casualties. Some Telegram channels reported, citing witnesses, that the drones attempted to attack the Saratov oil refinery. At least 4-5 of these drones were not intercepted and hit the refinery.
According to a representative of the Russian Federal Aviation Administration, due to drone attacks in several regions, the Russian Aviation Administration has imposed restrictions on the take-off and scheduling of aircraft at some regional airports, which are temporarily restricted to airports including: Kaluga, Samara, Krasnodar, Ulyanovsk, Dni Karmsk, Nizhny Novgorod, Sochi, Yaroslavl, Kazan, Ijevsk, Ufa.
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