Meanwhile in Sumy ...

 ... and around. You can see yourself how "effective" 404 AD is. 

In this particular case it is the town of Konotop in Sumy Oblast. 

Not even AAA in defense of what voices in the background say is the fuel depot. WiKi gives an interesting insight into Konotop's significance for 404. 

The main industrial enterprises of the city include the Konotop Casting and Mechanical Plant, the Motordetal Plant, the Konotop Fittings Plant, the Konotop Car Repair Plant, the Aviakon Aircraft Repair Plant, a mechanical plant, a garment factory, a meat processing plant (Konotopmyaso OJSC), a dairy plant, and a bakery plant. Konotop is an important mechanical engineering and food production center.

Soon, most of it will be gone, if not already, with the exception of food processing plant which is needed to feed the population. That also gives a hint to what is expected of whatever will remain of 404. 

Today (the 4th), Russia celebrates the Day of Space Forces. 

 

These are the guys who maintain Russia's critical satellite constellation ranging from GLONASS, Kupol and other recon- targeting systems such as Liana, and, of course, communications. They also track every single satellite in space, if you know what I mean. But then again, Russia's infrastructure for the control of space is immense and includes a vast spectrum of optronic and radar capabilities across vastness of Russia. 

Per Dnepropetrovsk "event", Larry's friend from Europe writes this:

I have credible information with video evidence, that Russia has just tested their new Plasma Burst EMP weapon, again in Dnipro in the night from October 1st to 2nd. These videos are all random dash cam captures and one fixed-webcam monitoring Dnipro. So they are genuine videos. I believe the blackout was caused by the EMP disrupting electric infrastructure. However it is unclear if other missiles and drones were also involved in damaging infrastructure. Upon a high energy pulse within our atmosphere, such force tends to tear Nitrogen and Oxygen Molecules apart. Then, upon recombining to N2 and O2 Molecules (Molecular Recombination), they emit radiation in the blue to ultra violet spectrum. That’s exactly why we perceive lightning as blueish.

Russians DO have exotic weapons capable of all kinds of bizarre effects on grid and electric power generating plant, including cruise missiles capable of EMP. What if any was used in Dnepropetrovsk ... who knows. But most of the city was plunged into darkness. 

That means more than just a single large transformer was impacted.