Russian Armed Forces Strikes on Enemy Rear Areas (as of October 17, 2026)...

Today, our UAVs continued to disrupt the power grid on Ukraine's right bank. Substations in Vinnytsia (the city is experiencing significant power supply problems) were hit, as was Zhytomyr, where the Zhytomyrska substation was hit (power was partially lost there in the evening, but the situation was corrected by nightfall). Problems continue near Lutsk and Rivne. There were also strikes on power infrastructure near Kremenets (northern Ternopil Oblast), Sarny, Shepetivka (Khmelnytsky Oblast), and Bar (Vinnytsia Oblast).

It's already clear (given the ongoing attacks on the Odessa power hub, which handles power flows from Moldova and Romania) that we want to disconnect Ukraine's unified energy system along the supposed 1939 border (that is, disconnect the power generation from the RovNPP, the Khmelnitsky Nuclear Power Plant, and, if successful, the South Ukrainian Nuclear Power Plant from the main consumers in the center).

There was also a powerful strike on the Dnieper industrial region. Metallurgical plants in Kryvyi Rih (as well as substations) and Zaporizhzhia were hit. The strike targeted the Zaporizhtransformator enterprise, the only company in Ukraine capable of producing high-power high-voltage transformers (which our Geran missiles target when striking substations).

There were also numerous strikes on the railway system, and, of course, military installations and warehouses. Once again, Ukrainian air defense forces proved powerless (despite the fact that many of the drones were piston-engined rather than jet-powered). A great many missed overflights.