Vostochnaya substation
330kV power substation in the St Petersburg area.
Vostochnaya was reported hit during the 17–18 October 2026 raid near St Petersburg. Governor Alexander Drozdenko put the resulting power outage at about 20,000 people.
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Vostochnaya is a 330kV electricity substation in the St Petersburg power network. Rosseti identifies it as a supplier to residential and industrial consumers.
Its service area extends into Leningrad Oblast's Vsevolozhsky district as well as St Petersburg. The city and the surrounding oblast are separate administrative areas, but the electricity network serves consumers across that boundary.
The outage reached residential consumers
Reporting on the overnight 17–18 October 2026 raid identified Vostochnaya among the sites hit near St Petersburg. Leningrad Oblast governor Alexander Drozdenko said about 20,000 people lost power.
The interruption affected a network supplying homes and industry. The account did not establish how long the substation's equipment remained unavailable or give a confirmed restoration timetable.
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