Throughout February 2024 russia has undertaken a campaign of one-way attack unmanned aerial vehicle (OWA UAV) against Ukrainian infrastructure, including electrical power infrastructure. Ukrainian air defense forces have repeatedly engaged the OWA UAVs, but russia’s strikes have highly likely damaged Ukrainian power plants and electrical substations, the UK Defense Intelligence reports.
These attacks have taken place across Ukraine with damage being inflicted on regional power infrastructure including in Donetsk, Dnipro and as far west as Lviv. Russian attacks have highly likely been undertaken by a combination of OWA UAVs, surface-to-surface missile systems and conventional rocket artillery, rather than russian long-range aviation assets as observed in 2022 and 2023.
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It is likely that russia has sought to target regional power facilities to degrade industrial activities in Ukraine. Despite these attacks, Ukraine’s power network is maintaining stable network operations.
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