Power cuts and water supply outages were reported in many areas, including parts of Kyiv, as officials said the attack – 2-1/2 years into Russia’s full-scale invasion – targeted power or other critical infrastructure in at least 10 regions.

Europe
Russia fires huge missile, drone salvo at Ukraine’s power grid
By Pavel Polityuk, Tom Balmforth and Yuliia Dysa
August 26, 20246:52 PM GMT+5:30Updated 18 min ago

Summary
At least 5 killed in biggest Russian missile attack for weeks
National power grid targeted in major Russian strike
Outages of electricity and water supply reported
Russia says ‘high precision’ weapons used in attack
KYIV, Aug 26 (Reuters) – Russia launched about 200 missiles and drones at Ukraine on Monday, killing five people and striking energy facilities nationwide, Kyiv said, while neighbouring NATO member Poland reported a drone had probably entered its airspace.
Power cuts and water supply outages were reported in many areas, including parts of Kyiv, as officials said the attack – 2-1/2 years into Russia’s full-scale invasion – targeted power or other critical infrastructure in at least 10 regions.
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It was one of the biggest combined strikes. More than a hundred missiles of various types and about a hundred Shahed drones. And like most previous Russian strikes, this one is just as sneaky, targeting critical civilian infrastructure,” President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Telegram.

Poland said an “object” had entered its airspace, that it may have landed on Polish territory and that searches were underway.