Unidentified UAVs attacked energy facilities in the Orel and Kursk regions of the Russian Federation: power went out in several areas

On the night of Wednesday to Thursday, May 2, two regions of the Russian Federation – Orel and Kursk – were experiencing turbulence. They were attacked by unidentified UAVs, which left a number of settlements without electricity.

Local residents complained online about "pops" and later about power outages. The regional authorities confirmed the attacks on energy facilities.

For example, the governor of the Oryol region, Andrey Klychkov, said that the UAVs flying towards the region were allegedly shot down. However, in the Glazunovsky and Sverdlovsk districts, energy infrastructure facilities were damaged during their neutralization.

"This led to a partial power outage in a number of households. Operational services are working at the scene, eliminating the consequences of the attack and restoring power supply," Klychkov wrote.

The governor of the Kursk region, Roman Starovoit, did not report the downing of the drone. He said that as a result of the UAV attack in the village of Ponyri, power lines were damaged and the village was left without electricity.

"Emergency crews have already started restoring the power supply," Starovoit assured.

As OBOZ.UA reported, on the night of May 1, an unknown drone attacked the Ryazan region of Russia. As a result of the attack, a massive fire broke out at the Ryazan oil refinery.

Later it became known that the attack on the Ryazan refinery was a GRU operation. After the hit, a massive fire broke out there: the primary oil processing unit was on fire.

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