01/21/2026
In the Oryol region of the Russian Federation, a drone attack damaged fuel and energy infrastructure. The city of Oryol was partially cut off from power, and there are also water supply disruptions.
The regional governor confirmed the attack but tried to downplay its consequences, calling them “minor.” And the independent Russian publication ASTRA published footage of the strikes.
What is known
ASTRA published footage of the attack on Orel on Wednesday morning, emphasizing that they could not confirm their authenticity.
“Presumably footage of the attack on Orel, where fuel and energy infrastructure is damaged and light is partially absent. It is not possible to verify and geolocate the footage due to the darkness,” the journalists noted.
The attack and the partial blackout were confirmed by the governor of the Oryol region, Andrey Klychkov. However, in his opinion, there is nothing terrible in the fact that Russians were left without electricity and water in the bitter cold: he called the consequences of the attack “insignificant damage.”
“Hostile attacks on our region continue, resulting in minor damage to the region’s fuel and energy infrastructure. Several households and personal vehicles were damaged in the city of Oryol and other municipalities of the region. According to preliminary data, there are no victims . In some houses in the Northern and Zaliznychny districts of the city of Oryol, there are disruptions in electricity and water supply , the consequences are being eliminated,” the official wrote.
And the Russian Defense Ministry doesn’t see any problem at all with the arrivals in Orel : in its morning briefing, they announced that they had “intercepted and destroyed” all the drones over the region. This time, there were allegedly nine of them.
Earlier, OBOZ.UA reported that Russian air defense continues to strike at its own targets. During the latest drone attack in the Krasnodar Territory, the Russians recorded the launch of missiles and the flight trajectory into residential buildings.