💥 Attack

Strike on power substation in Veshkaima caused fires and outages.

October 18, 2025 Veshkaima, Ulyanovsk Oblast

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Stefan Korshak (Substack) Institute for the Study of War Kyiv Independent Censor.NET

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Veshkaima (location) Veshkaima power station (location) Veshkaima substation (location) Rosseti (organization) Ukrainian drones (weapon_system)

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Stefan Korshak (Substack) → Source tone: likely

Strike on power substation in Veshkaima caused fires and outages.

Institute for the Study of War → Source tone: likely

The Ulyanovsk Oblast Control Center claimed that Ukrainian forces conducted a drone strike against a power station in Veshkaima, Ulyanovsk Oblast, overnight on October 17 to 18. Geolocated footage published on October 18 shows an explosion at the Veshkaima substation following sounds of a drone engine overhead.

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: likely

Ukrainian drones struck the Veshkaima electrical substation in Ulyanovsk Oblast, causing a fire

Censor.NET → Source tone: likely

On the night of 18 October, drones attacked the Ulyanovsk region of the Russian Federation, causing a fire at the 500 kV Veshkaima high-voltage substation. According to Censor.NET, at least four UAVs hit the power lines, which resulted in a power outage in several settlements.

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Extracted: 2026-05-30T04:15:30.783Z

Source story: day-1338b-2025-10-25