On the night of 16 October, the Volyn region came under continuous attack by enemy drones. The enemy directed around 20 UAVs at the region. There has been damage to civilian and critical infrastructure.
As of 8am, 370,000 customers remained without electricity. This was reported on Facebook by the head of the Regional Military Administration, Roman Romaniuk.
The outage was caused by falling debris hitting a power line in the Lutsk community. This also led to disruptions to the water supply.
Lutsk City Council secretary Andrii Razumovskyi said the city had been left without electricity. Public transport services have been completely suspended.
“In Manevychi, a private business has been affected. Two people have been injured, and the fate of another five is still unknown. In Lutsk, a company with foreign investment has been affected. There, fortunately, there were no casualties,” Romaniuk said.
The head of the administration urged people not to ignore air-raid alerts and to stay away from shopping centres and places where people gather.
- This week, Russia has stepped up attacks on Ukraine’s western regions. On 14 October, the enemy struck a high-rise building in Lutsk. There were people killed and injured.