Ukraine reports Russian assault on gas facility with 300+ drones and cluster munitions

Hundreds of thousands of civilians left without electricity; no immediate casualties reported but widespread infrastructure damage affecting civilian population.

Each autumn since 2022, Russia has returned to the same strategy: striking the infrastructure that keeps Ukrainian civilians warm and in the light as winter closes in. This week, more than 300 drones and 37 missiles descended on gas production facilities in the Poltava region, cutting roughly 60 percent of Ukraine's gas capacity and leaving hundreds of thousands without electricity. The International Criminal Court has already named this pattern for what it is — not collateral damage, but a deliberate targeting of civilian life. Ukraine presses its allies for air defenses and strikes back at R

Ukraine reports Russian assault on gas facility with 300+ drones and cluster munitions

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