{"id":626944,"date":"2026-10-16T18:15:38","date_gmt":"2026-10-16T15:15:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/korabelov.info\/2026\/10\/626944\/energy-infrastructure-defenses-were-strengthened-this-year-but-russia-is-using-drones-capable-of-severing-power-lines\/"},"modified":"2026-10-17T00:59:54","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T21:59:54","slug":"energy-infrastructure-defenses-were-strengthened-this-year-but-russia-is-using-drones-capable-of-severing-power-lines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/korabelov.info\/en\/2026\/10\/626944\/energy-infrastructure-defenses-were-strengthened-this-year-but-russia-is-using-drones-capable-of-severing-power-lines\/","title":{"rendered":"Energy infrastructure defenses were strengthened this year, but Russia is using drones capable of severing power lines"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Ukraine<\/strong> in <strong>2026<\/strong> was better prepared to protect energy facilities than in previous years. At the same time, <strong>Russia<\/strong> is changing its attack tactics and using new weapons. Energy Minister <strong>Denys Shmyhal<\/strong> said this during Question Time to the Government.<\/p>\n<p>Among the new threats, the minister named drones carrying shaped-charge warheads. These unmanned aircraft can damage power pylons and cut power lines.<\/p>\n<p>According to <strong>Shmyhal<\/strong>, preparations took into account the experience of previous strikes. This made it possible to protect as many of the resources needed to generate and transmit electricity as possible.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"quote-light\"><p>\u201cMajor facilities that are difficult to restore are protected today. We don\u2019t spend much time on this. It should be noted that repairs now take little time, but there are so many of them that, of course, our cities feel the impact \u2014 especially <strong>Kyiv<\/strong>, which is under particular scrutiny and attack by the enemy,\u201d explained <strong>Denys Shmyhal<\/strong>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>During the <a href=\"https:\/\/korabelov.info\/en\/2026\/10\/625886\/39-ballistic-missiles-and-more-than-120-drones-russia-brazenly-ignored-trump-s-ceasefire\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">overnight attack on energy infrastructure<\/a> on <strong>October 14<\/strong>, Russian forces struck the following facilities:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>all <strong>three<\/strong> combined heat and power plants in <strong>Kyiv<\/strong>;<\/li>\n<li>energy facilities in <strong>Kharkiv<\/strong> and <strong>Kharkiv Oblast<\/strong>;<\/li>\n<li>critical infrastructure in <strong>Kyiv Oblast<\/strong> that supplies electricity to the capital and Ukraine\u2019s central regions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!-- website-article-source:64630da1a27d1cac493d3ec2 --><\/p>\n<p><strong>We previously reported:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/korabelov.info\/en\/2026\/10\/621562\/russia-is-preparing-up-to-1-000-missiles-drones-and-aerial-bombs-to-strike-ukraine-s-energy-infrastructure\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Russia is preparing up to 1,000 missiles, drones, and aerial bombs for strikes on Ukraine\u2019s energy infrastructure<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/korabelov.info\/en\/2026\/09\/616543\/funding-for-the-protection-of-the-energy-sector-has-been-postponed-to-december\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Funding for energy infrastructure protection postponed until December<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/korabelov.info\/en\/2026\/09\/611424\/so-that-winter-doesn-t-catch-us-off-guard-again-the-government-has-allocated-hundreds-of-millions-for-the-resilience-of-mykolaiv-region\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">So winter won\u2019t catch us off guard again: government allocates hundreds of millions to strengthen Mykolaiv Oblast\u2019s resilience<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/korabelov.info\/en\/2026\/06\/593429\/seven-drone-attacks-in-a-day-russians-once-again-kept-the-mykolaiv-region-in-their-sights\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Seven drone attacks in one day: Russians once again kept Mykolaiv Oblast in their sights<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/korabelov.info\/en\/2026\/03\/577227\/ukraine-creates-a-strategic-reserve-for-the-energy-sector-shmyhal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ukraine is creating a strategic reserve for the energy sector, says Shmyhal<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ud83d\udcf0 \u26a1 Repairs don\u2019t take much time, but there are so many of them that cities are feeling the effects \u2014 Kyiv in particular. The capital is under especially close watch and attack by the enemy, Denys Shmyhal explained.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udd39 During the overnight attack on October 14, the Russians struck all three of Kyiv\u2019s combined heat and power plants. Energy facilities in Kharkiv and the region were also targeted, along with critical infrastructure in the Kyiv region that supplies electricity to the capital and central regions of Ukraine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12394,"featured_media":626890,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","tstyn_error":"","tie_post_sub_title":"Shmyhal explained why cities are feeling the effects of numerous repairs"},"categories":[4615,4612],"tags":[4851,4642],"class_list":["post-626944","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-accidents","category-economic","tag-cabinet-of-ministers","tag-energetika"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.7 (Yoast SEO v28.7) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Energy infrastructure defenses were strengthened this year, but Russia is using drones capable of severing power lines - \u041d\u043e\u0432\u043e\u0441\u0442\u0438 \u041d\u0438\u043a\u043e\u043b\u0430\u0435\u0432\u0430 c\u0435\u0433\u043e\u0434\u043d\u044f<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"\ud83d\udcf0 \u26a1 Repairs don\u2019t take much time, but there are so many of them that cities are feeling the effects \u2014 Kyiv in particular. 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