Zelenskiy says Russia waited for bad weather for attack on energy sites

11/10/2025 6:23

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Friday that Russia deliberately waited for bad weather before staging a vast attack on Ukraine's energy system, adding the conditions reduced the efficiency of air defences by between 20% and 30%.



"The main assault was in four regions," Zelenskiy told reporters in Kyiv. "I believe that the weather conditions affected our capability to repel by something like 20-30%."



Russian drones and missiles struck Ukrainian energy facilities overnight, plunging parts of Kyiv into darkness, cutting power and water to homes and halting a metro link across the Dnipro river. Ukraine's energy ministry said 380,000 customers were still disconnected on Friday afternoon.



"The blow is strong, but it is definitely not fatal," he said about the strikes.