Drone and missile attack on the power grid in Zaporizhzhia
Zaporizhzhia Oblast · Ukraine · 21 August 2026
drone and missile attack reported · power grid, railway · impact reported
Sources for this report
- Ukrainska Pravda (EN): Explosions heard in occupied Crimea, power cuts hit several areas - video
- Ukrainska Pravda (EN): Russian forces attack civilians with FPV drones in Zaporizhzhia Oblast, injuring 4
- Ukrainska Pravda (EN): Russians drop aerial bomb on Komyshuvakha, Zaporizhzhia Oblast: woman killed, man injured
- The Kyiv Independent: 'Deliberately targeted' - Russia hits residential building in Sumy as attacks across Ukraine kill at least 6, injure 77
- Ukrainska Pravda (EN): Russia receives more than 8,000 troops from North Korea, including hundreds of drone operators who could attack Ukraine
- Ukrainska Pravda (EN): Russian drone attacks bus in Zaporizhzhia: casualties reported - video
- Ukrinform (EN): Russian drone strikes minibus in Zaporizhzhia, injuring passengers
- Institute for the Study of War: Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, August 21, 2026
Earlier reported strikes at Zaporizhzhia
- 20 August 2026
drone attack reported · industrial site, civilian facility
- 19 August 2026
drone attack reported · power grid · impact reported · fire
- 18 August 2026
812 drones reported · logistics site, power grid · impact reported
- 17 August 2026
drone and missile attack reported · railway, industrial site · impact reported · fire
- 16 August 2026
drone and missile attack reported · industrial site, housing · impact reported · fire
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