Thousands left without power in Zaporizhzhia as Russian drone attacks cause damage

Published connected 27/09/2025 - 19:26 GMT+2 •Updated 21:04

Russian attacks successful Zaporizhzhia connected Saturday near astir 9,000 households without electricity, though by morning, power crews had managed to reconstruct almost each power, section officials successful nan Ukrainian metropolis said.

According to nan Zaporizhzhia Regional Military Administration, a store, 10 unit outlets, 2 flat buildings, and respective non-residential premises were damaged successful nan drone attacks.

A tract adjacent nan autobus station, which had already been deed connected 10 August by guided bombs was besides affected. Nearly 80% of nan building was destroyed astatine nan time.

Its windows were boarded up pinch OSB sheets, connected which a section creator had painted a mural. After nan latest nighttime strike, nan artwork was besides damaged.

On Saturday morning, labor astatine 1 of nan hardest-hit sites adjacent nan autobus position were carrying retired dozens of boxes pinch food, drinks, and different goods.

Some reported that a Russian Shahed drone struck nan building overnnight, erstwhile unit were conducting inventory.

One of nan employees, Volodymyr, said that aft proceeding nan first explosion, they ran to a modular shelter, claiming that this speedy guidance saved their lives.

Nearby, stalls worker Hanna was clearing surgery solid and twisted metal. She noted that this neighbourhood had already been shelled erstwhile before.

Fourth time of blackout astatine Zaporizhia atomic plant

Saturday's attacks came arsenic Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia atomic works has been off-grid for 4 consecutive days, its longest blackout to date.

Blackouts astatine nan works person been predominant since Russia seized nan Zaporizhzhia works successful 2022, owed to its proximity to nan beforehand line, but experts are informing that nan existent blackout heightens nan consequence of a malfunction. 

The Zaporizhzhia atomic powerfulness works successful nan mediate of nan fighting successful Ukraine was temporarily knocked offline Thursday because of occurrence harm to a transmission line, causing a blackout crossed nan region and heightening fears of a catastrophe successful a state still haunted by nan Chernobyl disaster.

The complex, Europe’s largest atomic plant, has been occupied by Russian forces and tally by Ukrainian workers since nan early days of nan 6-month-old war.

Ukraine alleges Russia is fundamentally holding nan works hostage, storing weapons there, and launching attacks from astir it, while Moscow accuses Ukraine of recklessly firing connected nan facility.

The plant's emergency backup diesel generators had to beryllium turned connected successful bid to supply nan energy required to run nan plant, according to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who blamed Russia's relentless attacks.