The power plant in Belgorod, Russia, following the Ukrainian missile strike, 6 October 2025. Photo: Supernova_plus
Two people were killed in a Ukrainian missile strike on a power plant in the southwestern Russian city of Belgorod on Monday afternoon, Belgorod region Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov has announced.
Gladkov said that one plant employee had “died at his workplace, helping to alleviate the consequences of earlier shelling”, while a second employee had subsequently died of their injuries in hospital.
Telegram channel SHOT said the attack came from a HIMARS multiple launch rocket system.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) had already struck the same power station overnight, according to local Telegram channel Pepel, which reported that a fire had broken out after the initial attack, causing a power outage that affected some 40,000 people. Around 5,400 Belgorod region residents remained without electricity as of Monday morning, according to Gladkov.
The Russian Defence Ministry said that its forces had shot down 251 Ukrainian drones overnight, with the highest number reportedly neutralised over the Black Sea and annexed Crimea.
AFU drones also attacked a power station in Russia’s western Bryansk region, causing a fire, Telegram channel Astra reported.
Nizhny Novgorod region Governor Gleb Nikitin said that one person had been injured in the central Russian city of Dzerzhinsk, while unconfirmed reports from Ukrainian channel Exilenova+ said that a fire had broken out at a Dzerzhinsk plant used for producing explosives when it was struck by a drone.
A fire also broke out in Feodosia, in Russian-annexed Crimea, after what was thought to be an attack on an oil depot, local residents told Astra. Exilenova+ also reported explosions in Tuapse in Russia’s southern Krasnodar region, as Ukraine continued to target the country’s vital energy infrastructure.
