5,000+ in Moscow Oblast Lose Power After Drone Attack
A power outage affected over 5,000 consumers and 46 social facilities in Likiно-Dulovo and Orekhovo-Zuyevo due to damaged electrical infrastructure, linked to a drone attack on Moscow Oblast. Restoration efforts are underway with backup generators and mobile power stations.
Consensus
- A special operating mode was introduced at the Pavlovsky Posad branch of Mosoblastsenergo on August 18 at 05:30 MSK.
- The special mode was due to damage to electrical network equipment from a higher-level grid operator.
- 109 transformer substations of Mosoblastsenergo in Likino-Dulovo and Orekhovo-Zuyevo were de-energized.
- Over 5,000 consumers lost electricity.
- 46 socially significant facilities were affected.
- Restoration work is underway.
- More than 150 drones were shot down over Moscow Oblast overnight on August 18.
- The most severe consequences were reported in the Pavlovsky Posad district.
- A drone attack caused damage to a Wildberries warehouse in the Atlant Park area.
- A fire at the Wildberries warehouse was contained.
- The damage to the warehouse was described as minor, and goods were not affected.
- Three people were injured in the drone attacks: a 10-year-old girl, a 27-year-old man, and a woman.
Points of divergence
- The injured include a 10-year-old girl with a fragment wound to her hand in Ramensky District, a woman injured in Bogorodsky District, and a 27-year-old man injured in Kolomna. — vedomosti
- The damaged transformer substation was in Elektrostal, adjacent to Pavlovsky Posad District. — fontanka
- The governor stated that the most serious consequences were in Pavlovsky Posad District. — vesti
- 35 mobile power stations with a total capacity of 17 MW were deployed to the site. — vedomosti
- The power outage was caused by damage to equipment from a higher-level grid operator. — vesti
- The power outage was caused by a damaged transformer substation in Elektrostal. — fontanka
Coverage (3 sources)
- Mosregenergo introduced special work mode in Pavlovsk Posad — Вести
- Mosregenero introduced special mode due to mass power outages — Ведомости
- In the Moscow region, 5 thousand subscribers have no electricity due to equipment damage — Фонтанка