Critical Kyiv Substations Isolated as Russian Strikes Sever Capital’s Power Ring

Russian strikes have severed a key energy ring surrounding Kyiv, creating the Ukrainian capital's worst power crisis since the war began. The broken infrastructure ring means available electricity cannot be redirected to neighborhoods where local substations have been destroyed. This failure isolates damaged districts, leaving them without power even if generation exists elsewhere. Officials state repairs are extremely difficult under continued bombardment. The attack intensifies a long-term Russian campaign targeting Ukraine’s energy grid. Kyiv residents now face extended blackouts during freezing winter temperatures.