A major blackout occurred on the night of 27-28 August across temporarily occupied parts of Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson oblasts. The power cuts followed a drone attack on the Luhansk Thermal Power Plant in the city of Shchastia.
Source: a Russian media outlet Astra; monitoring Telegram channels
Details: Local sources began warning of a possible drone attack as early as 21:00 on 27 August.
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Around midnight, posts on social media about power outages began appearing in large numbers. In particular, the power went off in occupied Donetsk at around 01:00 on 28 August.
