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What did 15 January 2025 bring to Ukraine's grid?
Summary
A look back at a missile assault on energy production that followed days of Ukrainian and Russian claims of strikes on energy and industrial sites.
What happened on 15 January 2025, and how did it fit into the days around it? On that date Russia launched a major ballistic and cruise missile attack on regions across Ukraine. The strikes targeted energy production, and authorities were compelled to shut down the power grid.
The preceding days
The attack came a day after Ukraine said it had carried out its "most massive" and "deepest" attack inside Russia so far. On 14 January 2025, Ukraine struck targets in the Republic of Tatarstan and in Bryansk, Saratov and Tula oblasts, using more than 200 drones and five ATACMS ballistic missiles. The reported targets included ammunition depots, industrial plants and a refinery.
On 13 January 2025, Russia had accused Ukraine of targeting the Russkaya compressor station in Krasnodar Krai, which feeds gas for the TurkStream pipeline. Russia described the drone attack, which it said took place two days earlier, as a failure.
What the sequence shows
The three reports describe strikes on energy-related and industrial infrastructure by both sides within a span of three days. Russia's attack on 15 January 2025 was aimed at Ukrainian energy production, and the shutdown of the grid was the measure authorities took in response. The reports do not establish any direct link between the Ukrainian strikes and the Russian assault, so the sequence is best read as parallel pressure on each side's infrastructure.
