Pitch-black Kiev tonight.Hello darkness my old friend/I’ve come to talk with you againWe’ve seen this movie before: November comes, and Russian forces unleash massive drone and missile strikes targeting the power generation and infrastructure, leading Ukraine to live in darkness and the cold.BREAKING NEWSUkraine has gone dark!All state-owned thermal power plants in Ukraine have been stopped, electricity generation is absent.-Ukrainian Centrenergo pic.twitter.com/lHMILHSSgL— Aleksey Berezutski (@aleksbrz11) November 8, 2025Both Ukrenergo and Centrenergo (‘zero generation’) have reported catastrophic damage.Ukraine is currently in the worst state energy-wise of the entire special military operation.Escalation dominance: Large-scale Russian drone & missile strikes this night hit thermal & hydro power plants in Kyiv, Dnipro, Zaporizhzhia, Kremenchuk & Kaniv & other targets. There are massive power outages in Kyiv (shown in these videos) & other cities & regions of Ukraine. pic.twitter.com/HP2wzBiIg7— Ivan Katchanovski (@I_Katchanovski) October 10, 2025But since major blackouts also happened a year ago, many ask themselves why Russians take the Ukrainian energy grid to the limit but do not completely obliterate it.Simplicius on Substack:“Many people who want a total power grid collapse in Ukraine likely have not thought it entirely through. It would mean millions of elderly, sick, and otherwise helpless people suffering and going on the brink—a situation that would be seized upon with glee by the Western press machine and turned into a second Holodomor such that even Russia’s allies would balk at their continued support.”Watch: APOCALYPTIC scenes at Ukraine’s Zmievskaya Thermal Power PlantAPOCALYPTIC scenes at Ukraine’s Zmievskaya Thermal Power PlantHUGE black smoke columns rise after missile strikeOne of Ukraine’s LARGEST power plants — operated by Centrenergo, now ALL plants SHUT down>>Kiev goes darkPower expected to be off for next 9 hours https://t.co/AWhHA9wSJn pic.twitter.com/zrZof7hDNc— (@SMO_VZ) November 8, 2025The most Powerful and guarded Thermal Power Plant near Kiev was destroyed.After the closure of the Chernobyl Nuclear power plant, the Trypilska Thermal Power plant became the main energy supplier in the Kiev region. Well, not anymore. – Remylind23 reports pic.twitter.com/92Zt6ZhyDH— Zlatti71 (@Zlatti_71) April 11, 2024KIEV IS DARK!Russia has taken out ALL electric systems in Kiev, Ukraine! pic.twitter.com/PZCp17LU4M— Ethan Levins (@ethanlevinsz) November 8, 2025KIEV TONIGHT: Total darkness blankets Ukrainian capitalPower outages expected to last around 11 HOURS tomorrow https://t.co/ZWoLzQQwHg pic.twitter.com/Snu592QU6t— RT (@RT_com) November 8, 2025And, of course, Zelensky is milking the tragedy as much as he can.Power cuts mid-interview as Zelensky talks to The GuardianWas the blackout STAGED while speaking to Western media? https://t.co/gvlxk9RqJb pic.twitter.com/6GDB8WamHO— RT (@RT_com) November 9, 2025Power goes out AGAIN during Zelensky’s Guardian interviewBecause the more they do it, the more believable it is, right? https://t.co/R3cRxqySjP pic.twitter.com/FqFzUrtHJX— RT (@RT_com) November 9, 2025Read more from November 2024:Russian Forces Unleash Over 120 Missiles and 90 Drones in One of the Largest Strikes of the War Against Ukraine – Several Regions Undergoing Power Blackouts (VIDEOS)/*! This file is auto-generated */!function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i