Police investigators inspect debris at a site of a dormitory building heavily damaged during an overnight Russian missile and drone strikes, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine October 30, 2025. REUTERS/Stringer
Concrete plates hang inside a dormitory building heavily damaged during an overnight Russian missile and drone strikes, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine October 30, 2025. Press service of Zaporizhzhia Regional Military Administration/Handout via REUTERS

By Anastasiia Malenko and Olena Harmash

KYIV (Reuters) -Russia launched a barrage of drones and missiles at Ukraine's energy infrastructure overnight, forcing nationwide power restrictions and killing one person in the city of Zaporizhzhia, officials said on Thursday.

Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko accused Moscow of targeting Ukrainian people and power supplies as the cold winter months approached.

"Its goal is to plunge Ukraine into darkness. Ours is to preserve the light," Svyrydenko said on the Telegram app. "To stop the terror, we need more air defence systems, tougher sanctions, and maximum pressure on the aggressor."

Moscow denies targeting civilians and has said its strikes are responses to Ukraine's attacks on Russian infrastructure. Ukraine has launched regular drone attacks on military and oil sites as it fights Russia's almost four-year-old invasion.

'THERE HAVE BEEN HITS'

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Russia launched more than 650 drones and 50 missiles overnight. "Many were shot down, but unfortunately, there have been hits," he wrote on X.

The attacks hit energy facilities in central, western and southeastern regions, Ukrainian officials said.

The energy ministry announced nationwide limits on electricity supplies to retail and industrial consumers. In some regions, water supplies and heating were also disrupted.

Regional officials said two energy facilities in the western Lviv region had been damaged. DTEK, the largest private energy company, said its thermal power stations in a number of regions were under attack.

One person was killed and six children were among the 17 wounded in strikes on the southeastern industrial city of Zaporizhzhia, its governor, Ivan Fedorov, said.

The attacks damaged five apartment blocks and infrastructure, he added. "People have acute reactions to stress, wounds, concussions, bruises and fractures".

State-owned railway Ukrzaliznytsia reported power cuts in the southern region of Mykolaiv that delayed trains.

(Reporting by Anastasiia Malenko, Olena Harmash; Editing by Andrew Heavens)