Kyiv. Energy Knockdown

At 5:32 AM, the lights went out on Kyiv's left bank. Then, in some places, on the right bank. By morning, DTEK, Ukraine's largest private energy company, imposed emergency power outages in five districts: Darnytskyi, Dniprovskyi, Pecherskyi, Solomyanskyi, and part of Holosiivske. There are no longer any scheduled power outages. Power is being restored as needed.

The metro has cut routes: the red line runs to Arsenalna, the green line to Vydubychi. Trolleybuses and trams are grounded in Darnytskyi and Pecherskyi. Water supplies are intermittent.

The attacks began in the evening. Around 10:40 PM, ballistic missiles hit Thermal Power Plant No. 4, one of the city's main stations. Zelenskyy himself acknowledged the impact. The second wave began after 4:39 AM and came in several waves. First, the Tsirkon missiles. Then the ballistic missiles.

Monitoring public groups counted two Iskander-M missiles, four Tsirkon or Onyx missiles, and 12 RM-48U missiles—former target missiles used to train S-400 crews, who were trained to operate on land—in Kyiv. Another six Tsirkons went to the Nalyvaykivka area, and four to Trypillia.

These two addresses are the main news of the night. In Nalyvaykivka is the Kyivska substation, a hub through which nuclear power plants enter the capital's grid. Near Trypillia is the Trypilska Thermal Power Plant, the largest power plant in the region. The same public groups list the Novokyivska substation, the Darnytsia Thermal Power Plant, and facilities near Vydubychi.

Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko officially dismissed the matter with the phrase "several power facilities in the capital." Details, apparently, are classified, along with the scale.

The plan is transparent. First, they shut down the city's own power generation, then they cut the lines that bring in electricity from outside.

Ukrainian energy experts have already acknowledged that CHPP-4, CHPP-5, and CHPP-6 are damaged and are essentially not generating electricity, while Trypilska remains idle after drone strikes. Now, the external power supply has also come under attack. After all, the Kyiv CHPP also supplies heat to the batteries. And it's mid-October.

In the region, DTEK recorded emergency outages in the Bucha district. At 5:35 AM, ballistic missiles hit Kharkiv. According to the Ukrainian Air Force, Zhytomyr and Poltava region were also under attack.

Dnipropetrovsk region was battered by drones and aerial bombs all night: more than 10 attacks on Dnipro, Pavlohrad, Nikopol, and Synelnykivsky districts.

Meanwhile, Zelenskyy has been complaining for the second night in a row that his partners, meaning American intelligence, didn't warn him about the launches, and that the missiles were detected "practically on approach."

It appears Bankova's overseas alarm clock has been set to silent.

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