Throughout the day on 30 August, stabilisation power outage schedules will be in effect in all regions of Ukraine. This is reported by Komersant ukrainskyi
with reference to Ukrenergo.
“On 30 August, blackouts will be applied throughout the day,” the statement said.
From 18:00 to 21:00, there will be three rounds of blackouts, and from 6:00 to 9:00, from 14:00 to 18:00 and from 21:00 to 24:00 – two rounds.
At other times of the day, one round of blackouts will be applied.
“The scope of restrictions is subject to change. Follow the messages from Ukrenergo and your regional power company,” the company added.
It should be noted that 26 August was one of the most massive attacks on the energy infrastructure. There may be severe restrictions on electricity consumption for 1-2 weeks until distribution systems are restored.
To achieve this goal, the Russians inflicted serious damage to distribution and power generation systems, including the Kyiv hydroelectric power station.
Missile attack on Ukraine on 26 August: what we know
Another massive, combined missile and drone attack on Ukraine began at around 3:00 a.m. with an attack by numerous attack drones. Up to a dozen of these drones (such as the Shahed) approached Kyiv from different directions. However, the air defence forces and means destroyed all the enemy drones on the outskirts of the city.
And at around 5:00, the Ukrainian Air Force reported that the enemy had taken 11 Tu-95MS strategic bombers into the sky. The Ukrainian Navy recorded the launch of 4 Kalibr missile carriers, with a total volley of up to 28 missiles. Subsequently, the enemy took to the skies 6 Tu-22M3 strategic bombers, followed by 3 MiG-31Ks with Kinzhal missiles. This arsenal was supplemented by ballistic missile launches from Crimea and the western regions of Russia.
According to preliminary information, the main target of the complex, combined attack of all these numerous cruise, ballistic, aerial ballistic missiles and attack drones was infrastructure.
The Russian Armed Forces used:
- x-101/55 cruise missiles from 6 Tu-95s (Saratov region and the Caspian region);
- zm14 Kalibr cruise missiles from the Black Sea;
- allegedly guided aircraft missiles of various types from the Azov Sea, Sumy and Belgorod regions;
- x-22 supersonic cruise missiles from 6 Tu-22m3 aircraft from the territory of Kursk region of the Russian Federation;
- 9m723 Iskander-M/KN-23 ballistic missiles;
- x-47m2 supersonic ballistic missiles of the Kinzhal complex from the Lipetsk region of the Russian Federation;
- UAVs of the Shahed and Gerbera types.
Lutsk, Stryi, Ternopil, Zhytomyr, Khmelnytskyi, Rivne, Ivano-Frankivsk, Vinnytsia, Kyiv, Dnipro, Poltava, Kharkiv, Kryvyi Rih, Odesa, Zaporizhzhia and other settlements were under attack.