Russia hits Ukraine energy infrastructure with major missile, drone strikes, Kyiv says

Russia launches overnight missile and drone strikes across Ukraine, targeting key energy infrastructure in Kyiv, Odesa, and central regions, leaving damage and casualties in its wake.

Pavel Polityuk/Reuters

22 February 2026 at 10:02:29

Russia hits Ukraine energy infrastructure with major missile, drone strikes, Kyiv says

Rescuers stand in front of an apartment building hit by a Russian air strike in the town of Komyshuvakha, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine February 20, 2026.

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Russia attacked Ukraine with dozens of strike drones and ballistic and cruise missiles, focusing on energy infrastructure, the Ukrainian military and local officials said on Sunday.

The overnight strikes hit Kyiv and the region around the capital, the Black Sea port Odesa and central Ukraine, they said.

At least one person was injured in the Kyiv region, with damage reported in five districts where more than a dozen houses were damaged, regional Governor Mykola Kalashnyk said on the Telegram messaging app.

Odesa Governor Oleh Kiper wrote on Telegram that a nighttime drone attack on the energy infrastructure of the region caused fires that had been extinguished.

Russia attacks the Ukrainian energy system almost daily, striking thermal power plants and electrical substations.

Attacks on power stations, the energy transmission system and the gas sector are important elements of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine launched by Russia in February 2022. Moscow says it is seeking to undermine Ukraine's ability to fight.

-Reporting by Pavel Polityuk; Editing by William Mallard/Reuters