On 15 November, President Volodymyr Zelensky said intelligence information indicated Russia was preparing new strikes on Ukraine. The most consequential part of his warning was his description of a reported tactic: concentrating attacks on one region for several days, including against networks and substations.
That pattern matters because the pressure on the power system is not measured only by a single strike. Repeated attacks in one area can overload energy workers, municipal services and emergency responders trying to restore several sites at once. If the pattern described by Zelensky reflects the operational picture, that concentration can disrupt services even where the national total of attacks tells only part of the story.
Zelensky cited figures from the start of September: 131 hits in Dnipropetrovsk region and 125 in Kyiv region. He said Zhytomyr and Sumy regions had each recorded more than 100 hits. He linked those regions to the largest workloads for energy crews, utilities and Ukraine’s emergency service.
The warning does not identify where or when any next strike may occur, and the intelligence material cited by the president was not made public. It therefore offers no basis for predicting a specific region or target. But it does underline a practical conclusion: protection and recovery plans for the energy system need to account for the risk of repeated, concentrated attacks, rather than only the effects of one air raid.
Source: Volodymyr Zelensky’s address, as reported by Ukrainska Pravda.
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- Українська правда · Source date: 2026-11-15
Independent editorial content. WUA is not affiliated with any political party. 2026-11-15