Drone and missile attack on the power grid in Kyiv
Kyiv · Ukraine · 15 October 2026
drone and missile attack reported · refinery, power grid · impact reported · fire
Sources for this report
- The Guardian - Ukraine: What is Starshield, SpaceX’s military-grade Starlink system, and how will its restriction affect Ukraine?
- The Kyiv Independent: Zelensky lifts pause on Ukraine's strikes against Russian oil refineries
- The Kyiv Independent: Russia turns to new tactics to destroy Ukraine’s energy grid this winter for good
- Ukrainska Pravda (EN): Russian attack on Darnytsia power plant halts hot water supply
- Ukrainska Pravda (EN): Drone falls in central Kyiv: five injured, car on fire and residential buildings damaged - photos
- Ukrainska Pravda (EN): Russia attacks Ukraine with two missiles and 580 drones: 536 drones downed
- Ukrinform (EN): Drone crashes in Kyiv’s Pecherskyi district, five injured, three buildings damaged
- Novaya Gazeta Europe (EN): Ukraine to restart strikes on Russian oil refineries as US blocks Kyiv’s access to Starlink and intelligence
- The Guardian - Ukraine: Russia and Ukraine resume energy strikes despite Trump warnings
- Ukrinform (EN): Injury toll in Russian drone attack on Kyiv rises to six
- Ukrinform (EN): Zelensky announces resumption of strikes on Russian oil refineries
- Meduza (EN): Kyiv has run out of missiles for its Patriot air defense systems, CNN reports
- Meduza (EN): ‘We’re done,’ Zelensky says, as Ukraine resumes strikes on Russian oil refineries. The Kremlin claims the attacks never stopped.
- BBC News - Europe: Russia accuses Ukraine of attacking oil refinery after Zelensky says strikes to resume
- Deutsche Welle (EN): Ukraine resumes attacks on Russian refineries as Zelenskyy says 'we're done'
- France 24 (EN): Will Trump really pull the plug? Starlink restored but Ukraine's fate still uncertain
- The Kyiv Independent: G7 countries pledge 260 million euros to repair Chornobyl safety infrastructure damaged in Russian attack
- The Kyiv Independent: Russian drone strikes leave portions of Kyiv without power, fires burning
- The Kyiv Independent: UK to resupply Ukraine with more Storm Shadow missiles to strike Russia, Bloomberg reports
- Ukrainska Pravda (EN): Russian drones strike Kyiv warehouse twice
- Ukrinform (EN): Ukraine at OSCE: Strikes on Russian oil refineries can stop only under mutual “energy truce”
- Ukrinform (EN): Russian Attack on Kyiv leaves seven injured
- Kyiv Post: Russian Strikes Injure 52 Across Ukraine in a Day, Zelensky Says
- Kyiv Post: Ukraine Exhausts Patriot Interceptor Stocks, Leaving It Exposed to Russian Ballistic Missiles
- Kyiv Post: EXPLAINED: Ukraine’s Military, Elon Musk’s Starlink Slowdown
- Kyiv Post: Kyiv’s 3 Main CHP Plants Stop Producing Power
- Kyiv Post: 6 Injured After Russian Drone Lands Near Pechersk Residential Building in Kyiv
- Interfax-Ukraine (EN): Ukraine runs out of Patriot interceptor missiles, complicating defence against Russian ballistic attacks - media
- Censor.NET (EN): Kyiv under attack: UAV hits warehouse in Sviatoshynskyi district, private house catches fire in Shevchenkivskyi district (updated)
- Censor.NET (EN): Ukraine has completely run out of Patriot missiles to intercept ballistic missiles - CNN
Earlier reported strikes at Kyiv
- 14 October 2026
115 drones reported · 5 missiles reported · power grid, housing · impact reported · fire
- 13 October 2026
6 missiles reported · housing, logistics site · impact reported · fire
- 12 October 2026
drone and missile attack reported · refinery, power grid · impact reported · fire
- 11 October 2026
drone and missile attack reported · housing, civilian facility · impact reported · fire
- 10 October 2026
drone and missile attack reported · logistics site, refinery · 49 hits · fire
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