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What did Ukraine's blackouts look like on 22 October 2022?
Summary
A look back at a day of power cuts and water-storage advice as Russian strikes kept hitting energy infrastructure.
What did it mean for Ukrainians when Russian strikes reached the power grid? On 22 October 2022, power outages were reported across the country, and citizens were advised to store water as airstrikes continued to damage critical infrastructure and energy facilities.
The warning came after a strike two days earlier. 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, helping the Russian military use Iranian drones.
Taken together, the reports from 20 to 22 October 2022 show a country dealing with attacks on energy facilities, and a population told to prepare for disruption to basic services such as water supply.
