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On the night before 28 August, on the temporarily occupied territories of Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia, and Kherson regions, a massive power outage was recorded. This is reported by the Russian independent media ASTRA and monitoring Telegram channels.
Local sources began reporting the drone threat around 21:00 27 August. Closer to midnight, numerous reports of power supply interruptions appeared on social networks.
Locals reported that after the drone strike a thermal power plant ignited in the occupied city of Shchastia, after which a blackout occurred in the parts of Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson, and Zaporizhzhia regions not under Kyiv's control.
Meanwhile, the Russian-appointed head of the occupied part of Donetsk region, Denis Pushilin, did not comment on the attack or its consequences. Although, judging by posts, the lights went out in all of Donetsk around the first hour of the night on 28 August.
13 August Ukrainian defenders attacked the dispatcher tower of the Saaky airfield in Crimea. In addition, Ukrainian forces struck the command relay for controlling strike drones in the Black Sea region.
Ukrainian forces overnight on 30 May conducted massive nocturnal strikes on military camps, training grounds, and logistics facilities of Russian troops in deep rear. More than 20 precise strikes were recorded.
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