Ukraine–Russia

Kyiv: Russia's Defence Ministry claims its overnight drone strikes on 21 October hit the Nivki PS-330 power substation

ATTACK
Location
Nivky area, Kyiv (substation position not given; neighbourhood-level estimate)
Actors
Russia
Importance
Standard

Russia's Defence Ministry claimed that its drone strikes overnight into 21 October 2026 hit the Nivki PS-330 power substation in Kyiv, which it said supplied defence-industry enterprises and logistics centres. Ukrainian officials did not confirm a hit on the substation in the sources read. The same morning the Kyiv City Military Administration said emergency power cuts had been applied in parts of Obolonskyi, Shevchenkivskyi and Sviatoshynskyi districts on Ukrenergo's orders, without giving a cause; no link between those outages and the claimed strike has been established.

Verification: unverified

Evidence: Overnight UAV strikes on logistics centres, port infrastructure and power substations

Russian official claim only; no Ukrainian confirmation of a hit on the substation was read. The substation's position was not given; neighbourhood-level estimate.