Russian strikes cut power to hundreds of thousands in Ukraine
Conflict · First reported 1 Nov, 11:36 · Updated 11:55
Ukraine’s president said Russian strikes hit energy infrastructure in four regions, leaving hundreds of thousands of families without electricity. Russian authorities also reported significant damage to an industrial facility after a drone attack in Nizhny Novgorod region; the facility was not identified by the governor.
- President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said strikes hit energy infrastructure in Dnipro, Vinnytsia, Zhytomyr and Khmelnytskyi, leaving hundreds of thousands of families without power.
- The governor of Russia’s Nizhny Novgorod region reported significant damage to an industrial facility after a drone attack, but did not identify the site.
- Zelenskyy called on the US, Europe and other partners to speed up deliveries of missiles and other weapons for Ukraine’s air defence.
Summary written by Lux AI from 2 articles
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- Ukrainian regions named
- Dnipro, Vinnytsia, Zhytomyr and Khmelnytskyi
- Reported power losses
- Hundreds of thousands of families were without power, according to Zelenskyy
- Russian region reporting facility damage
- Nizhny Novgorod
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- An earlier Lux summary said Russian investigators opened a terrorism case over a Ukrainian drone attack on an industrial facility in Nizhny Novgorod region. [efddfde0-9a92-4dc0-b520-41e7371d163f]
- That earlier summary said the governor reported significant damage but did not name the facility; Ukrainian media identified it as an oil refinery, which Russian authorities had not confirmed. [efddfde0-9a92-4dc0-b520-41e7371d163f]
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