In Ukraine's Dnipropetrovsk region, more than 200,000 subscribers remained without power Oct. 30, said Oleksandr Hanzha, head of the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Military Administration, as DTEK cited damage to equipment serving Dnipro.
In his first update after the Oct. 29 attack, Hanzha said more than 350,000 subscribers in Dnipro and nearby settlements had lost power. He said water and wastewater pumping stations were in the process of switching to generators. A later post from Hanzha said the majority of consumers had electricity again, although the network was still unstable.
DTEK said damage to major transmission components prompted Ukrenergo to direct emergency cuts in Dnipro, neighboring districts and part of Pavlohrad district.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in an Oct. 29 address that Ukraine had intelligence indicating Russia was preparing additional ballistic missile attacks. He urged partner governments to decide on interceptor supplies, with Patriot systems a priority, but gave no timetable.
In a separate Oct. 27 address, Zelenskyy described repeated Russian ballistic missile attacks since Oct. 14. He said more than 100 missiles had been directed at Kyiv and the Kyiv region over a two-week period.
