Ukraine responded, aggressively attacking the Russian power grid

(Dan Tri) – Russia accused Ukraine of attacking a power transformer station in the Bryansk region, causing a power outage in a village close to the border.

Ukrainian soldiers control UAVs (Photo: Reuters).

Governor Aleksandr Bogomaz announced that an electrical transformer station in the Bryansk region of Russia was attacked this morning, September 30, causing a power outage in a village about 20km north of the Ukrainian border.

`Due to the attack by Ukrainian terrorists in the village of Pogar, the power supply was interrupted,` Mr. Bogomaz wrote on Telegram at 1:00 a.m. (local time), and said there were no casualties after the incident and that there were no casualties.

Russian officials did not share further details about the incident or confirm whether the attack was caused by an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV).

Several Russian Telegram channels reported the attack carried out by a UAV and published a video claiming to show a power station on fire.

A day earlier, the Russian military also intercepted 10 UAVs in the neighboring Kursk area.

Russian officials confirmed that in the village of Belaya, less than 25km from the border, Ukrainian UAVs dropped two explosive devices on a transformer station.

The Russian Ministry of Defense has not yet commented on the alleged attacks on civilian infrastructure.

Russia’s border regions such as Kursk, Bryansk and Belgorod, as well as Crimea and Moscow, have frequently been targeted by UAVs since Russia launched its military campaign in Ukraine in February 2022.

Russian officials also accused Kiev of being behind acts of sabotage targeting major Russian infrastructure, including nuclear power plants.

Ukrainian attacks on Russian infrastructure, including the power grid, have increased recently following similar Moscow raids on Kiev’s infrastructure, including energy infrastructure.

On September 21, Russia attacked a series of energy facilities across Ukraine.

Last winter, airstrikes targeting Ukraine’s critical infrastructure also left millions of people without widespread power outages in cold weather.

According to Reuters, nearly half of Ukraine’s energy system was damaged by Russian attacks last year when Moscow attacked power plants and transformers with cruise missiles and drones.

The threat from Russian raids on Ukraine’s power grid remains serious after information emerged that Moscow has established its own facilities to produce attack drones based on the Shahed-136 model.

Vadym Skybytskyi, a Ukrainian intelligence official, said Moscow may start using additional Shahed UAVs along with missiles to jam Ukrainian air defenses by firing at a series of targets.

Mr. Skybytskyi predicted that Russian attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure could begin in late September or early October.