Vitali Klitschko

Russian strikes on Ukrainian energy sites left hundreds of thousands of homes without power, according to local authorities and energy providers. Power company DTEK said more than 600,000 residents in the Dnipropetrovsk region lost electricity after a night attack, while Zlatopil mayor Mykola Baksheyev reported nearly 250,000 customers without power in the Kharkiv region. Ukraine's energy ministry said a larger attack the previous day darkened five regions and disrupted transmission in Kyiv. Zelensky accused Moscow of stepping up strikes to pressure Kyiv before US-brokered trilateral talks in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday and Wednesday. Russia's defence ministry said it struck military-industrial and energy targets in Kyiv and Zhytomyr.

Russia fired 172 drones and 36 ballistic missiles at Ukraine overnight, striking energy facilities that left five regions without power, Ukraine's energy ministry said. Zelenskyy said only four of the 36 ballistic missiles were intercepted and blamed a shortage of US-made Patriot interceptors. At least two people were killed and about a dozen wounded across Ukraine, and five were wounded in Kyiv, where a kindergarten and a major bridge were damaged. Russia's defence ministry said it hit military-industrial, energy and transport sites. US-brokered trilateral talks between Ukrainian, Russian and US negotiators are scheduled for 10-11 Nov in Abu Dhabi.

A Russian attack on an energy facility in Kyiv on 30 Oct cut electricity for four districts, affecting tens of thousands of residents, with no injuries reported. The strike follows a series of recent attacks, including a drone hit on a Kharkiv district that injured five people on 27 Oct and a deadly drone strike on a Dnipro railway platform on 29 Oct that killed 14. Ukraine continues to seek additional air‑defence support as the conflict spreads across multiple cities.