10K+ Consumers Left Without Power After Drone Attack in Moscow Region
A blackout affected over 10,000 consumers and 46 socially significant facilities in Lyubertsy and Orekhovo-Zuyevo, Moscow Oblast, after drone attacks damaged power infrastructure on August 18, 2026. Restoration efforts were underway with emergency crews and mobile power stations.
Consensus
- A blackout occurred in Lyubertsy and Orekhovo-Zuevo, Moscow Oblast, on August 18, 2025.
- Over 10,000 consumers were affected by the blackout.
- 46 socially significant facilities were without electricity.
- The blackout was caused by damage to power infrastructure.
- Restoration efforts were underway using emergency crews and mobile power stations.
- Restoration was expected to take about two hours.
- More than 150 drones were shot down over the region overnight, according to regional leadership.
Points of divergence
- 109 transformer substations of AO 'Mособлэнерго' were affected. — kommersant
- A private house completely burned down and a fire broke out in an apartment building in Pavlovo-Posadsky District, with residents evacuated. — kommersant
- The special operating mode was introduced at the Pavlovo-Posadsky branch of AO 'Mособлэnergo' starting at 05:30 MSK on August 18, 2024. — kommersant
- More than 5,000 consumers were left without power. — tg_astrapress
- The cause of equipment damage was not specified by 'Mособлэнерго'. — tg_astrapress
- 103 drones were shot down from midnight Tuesday, according to Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin. — tg_astrapress
- An OSINT expert from ASTRA identified a construction site in Kotelniki as the location of a fire likely caused by debris from a downed drone. — tg_astrapress
Coverage (2 sources)
- In two cities of the Moscow region, a blackout occurred after a drone attack — Коммерсантъ
- More than five thousand people left without light after drone attack on Moscow region, — "Mosoblenyrgo" — ASTRA