Drone / missile attack
Power Grid
Kochetok electrical substation — Russian-claimed drone strike
4–5 October 2026 · Evening and overnight
Kochetok area, Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine (approximate locality marker)
Map
49.8800, 36.7400
What happened
Russia's Defence Ministry said Russian drones struck the Kochetok electrical substation in Kharkiv Oblast during attacks on the evening of 4 October and overnight into 5 October. Ukrenergo separately confirmed fresh attack-related outages in Kharkiv Oblast that morning but did not name Kochetok or connect the outages to this facility. No Ukrainian operator statement, geolocated damage imagery, equipment assessment, casualty report or restoration timetable was identified in the reviewed reporting. The Russian claim is therefore recorded as reported and attributed rather than independently confirmed. The marker identifies the Kochetok locality and is not a verified substation coordinate.
When cited sources give different casualty, damage or spill figures for this event, they’re reported side by side above rather than merged into one number. See how confidence levels work.
- Evidence
- Reported / attributed
- Confidence
- Moderate
- Infrastructure
- Power Grid
- Weather context
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- Latitude
- 49.8800°
- Longitude
- 36.7400°
Attribution
Claimed by Russia🇷🇺
Russia's Defence Ministry identified the substation as a target; Ukraine has confirmed regional outages but not this facility hit.
Sources
- Russia says it struck two Ukrainian cargo vessels in the Black SeaReuters · Incident reporting
- Ukrenergo reports new outages in Kharkiv and five other regionsUkrinform, citing Ukrenergo · Confirms a same-morning regional outage but does not identify Kochetok or prove that this claimed strike caused it.