Russians completely destroyed the Ovruch substation: mayor warns of prolonged power outages

As a result of a series of repeated attacks by enemy drones, the Ovruch electrical substation has been completely destroyed. Restoring power supply in the Ovruch hromada will take a significant amount of time.

This was announced by Ovruch Mayor Ivan Korud in an urgent address to residents.

Threat of prolonged blackout and restoration work

According to the head of the hromada, due to the large-scale destruction of a key energy infrastructure facility, residents should be prepared for a long power outage. Power engineers and relevant services are assessing the situation, but a quick restoration of electricity should not be expected.

At the same time, the mayor emphasized that if the power supply is temporarily restored, it does not mean that the aerial threat has passed.

Strict blackout requirements

Ivan Korud appealed to all residents, enterprise managers, and business owners to strictly follow light blackout requirements in the evening and nighttime hours:

• For enterprises and businesses: completely turn off external building lighting, facade illumination, signs, shop windows, and advertising structures;
• For the private sector: turn off yard lights, grounds lighting, and any light source that may be visible from outside or from the air.

“These are necessary security measures on which the protection of our hromada and human lives depend. In current conditions, every light that can be turned off must be turned off. I ask you to take this appeal with full responsibility,” stressed the Mayor of Ovruch.

The city authorities also once again urge citizens not to ignore air raid alerts and to immediately head to shelters.

First wave and first explosions in Zhytomyr (19:45 – 20:00)

• 19:45 — Detection of a jet UAV north of Korosten heading west.
• 19:48 — An enemy drone passed Buchmany towards Pulyny.
• 19:50 — Air raid alert announced in Zviahel District.
• 19:51 — Drones detected via Cherniakhiv towards Nova Borova, as well as in the direction of Malyn.
• 19:52–19:53 — Heading towards Cherniakhiv and Zhytomyr recorded. Threat to the regional center; the drone was flying at a critically low altitude — about 100 meters.
• 19:54–19:55 — A series of explosions was heard in Zhytomyr. The UAV continued moving towards Veresy.
• 19:57 — Aerial reconnaissance of airspace completed.

Second wave and repeated strike (20:03 – 20:36)

• 20:03 — Jet UAV detected heading towards Zviahel.
• 20:11 — Jet drone passing Pulyny headed towards Zhytomyr again.
• 20:13–20:14 — Direct threat to the settlements of Soniachne and Svityn.
• 20:15 — Explosions were heard in Zhytomyr again.
• 20:36 — Entry of new jet drones from Kyiv Region towards Malyn and Ovruch.

Third wave: strikes on districts and the regional center (20:41 – 21:06)