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Ukraine's power grid under strain, October 2022
Summary
A look back at the reports on strikes against energy sites and Iranian drone support in the days before 25 October 2022.
How badly had Russian strikes hurt Ukraine's energy system by 25 October 2022? Reports from the preceding days pointed to damage across the country and to growing concern about outside help for Russia's drone campaign.
On 20 October 2022, a Russian missile hit a major thermal power station in Burshtyn, in Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast. Governor Svitlana Onyshchuk said it caused "quite serious damage".
The same day, the United States reported that Iranian troops were in Crimea, assisting the Russian military in using Iranian drones.
By 22 October 2022, power outages were being reported across Ukraine. Russian airstrikes continued to damage critical infrastructure and energy facilities nationwide, and citizens were advised to store water.
Taken together, the reports from 20 to 22 October 2022 described a country dealing with repeated attacks on its energy network, and a US account of Iranian personnel in Crimea helping Russian forces operate drones.
