Drone and missile attack on the power grid in Zaporizhzhia
Zaporizhzhia Oblast · Ukraine · 12 August 2026
718 drones reported · power grid, housing · impact reported · fire
Sources for this report
- The Guardian - Ukraine: Ukraine war briefing: North Korean missiles hit Zaporizhzhia in deadly attack
- Kyiv Post: North Korea Fires Ballistic Missile 1 Day After Zelensky Warns Japan, South Korea, Philippines
- Kyiv Post: Russian Drone Kills Woman Inside Her Home in Kherson
- Ukrainska Pravda (EN): Russian strike on Zaporizhzhia: Epicentr shopping centre catches fire, over 1,000 left without power - photos, video
- Ukrinform (EN): Russian overnight attack on Kherson leaves one killed
- Kyiv Post: North Korean-Supplied Missiles Attack Ukraine as Russia Escalates Air War
- Censor.NET (EN): Night-time drone attack on Zaporizhzhia: ’Epicentre’ destroyed, house damaged, power cuts reported. VIDEO+PHOTOS
- The Kyiv Independent: General Staff: Russia has lost 1,461,660 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022
- Ukrainska Pravda (EN): Battlefield sees 237 clashes, almost third of them on Pokrovsk and Kostiantynivka fronts alone - Ukraine's General Staff
- Al Jazeera English: Three killed in overnight attacks on Russian, Ukrainian port cities
- Ukrainska Pravda (EN): Russians attack Ukraine with missiles and 138 UAVs: 112 drones downed, Air Force provides no details on missiles
- Ukrinform (EN): Russian forces attack bus in Zaporizhzhia region, one person injured
- Kyiv Post: Russian Strikes Hit Epicentr Store in Zaporizhzhia, Kill 2 in Kherson
- Ukrinform (EN): Fire extinguished at Epicentr shopping center in Zaporizhzhia after Russian drone attack
- The Moscow Times (EN): One Killed, 2 Grain Terminals Halt Work in Novorossiysk After Ukrainian Attack, Sources Say
- Interfax-Ukraine (EN): One killed, 9 injured in Zaporizhia region on August 11
- Interfax-Ukraine (EN): Epicenter shopping center in Zaporizhia destroyed as result of Russian drone attack
- The New Voice of Ukraine (EN): Russian drone strike completely destroys Epicentr shopping center in Zaporizhzhia
- BBC News - Europe: Major Russian grain export terminals hit in Ukraine Black Sea port attack
- Kyiv Post: Zaporizhzhia Firefighter Killed in ‘Double-Tap’ Strike
- Institute for the Study of War: Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, August 12, 2026
Earlier reported strikes at Zaporizhzhia
- 11 August 2026
drone and missile attack reported · civilian facility, housing · impact reported · fire
- 10 August 2026
drone and missile attack reported · civilian facility, housing · impact reported · fire
- 9 August 2026
drone attack reported · civilian facility · fire
- 7 August 2026
727 drones reported · impact reported · fire
- 6 August 2026
civilian facility · impact reported
Every figure on this page is a published claim, kept with its source. Figures count what each side says was launched at it; places are locations that reported impacts. Neither is a casualty count.