The key facts

  • More than 30 ballistic missiles and 170 drones damaged the power grid in 12 regions; nine people were wounded, including a child
  • Power outages affected five regions; water supply in Kyiv has been restored, and about 60% of apartment buildings are connected to heating
  • The attack came ahead of trilateral talks in Abu Dhabi and after a meeting of delegations at the White House organized by Melania Trump

Attack on infrastructure and its consequences

Overnight strikes by drones and ballistic missiles on Ukraine's power grid damaged infrastructure, causing power outages and water supply disruptions, President Volodymyr Zelensky said. According to him, the attack affected 12 regions, with Kyiv suffering the most; nine people were wounded in total, including one child. This is reported by BBC News, citing Zelensky's posts on Telegram.

Scale of the damage

The attack reportedly involved more than 30 ballistic missiles and over 170 drones. In Kyiv, residential buildings, the Northern Bridge and a kindergarten were damaged; strikes on substations connecting the Rivne and Khmelnytskyi nuclear power plants with Kyiv and central Ukraine also hit Kyiv region. Zelensky said substations were also damaged in Vinnytsia, Zhytomyr, Rivne, Kharkiv and Dnipropetrovsk regions.

Restoration and negotiations

Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said the city's water supply was operating normally and about 60% of apartment buildings were connected to the heating system. Energy Minister Denys Shmyhal reported power outages in five regions without specifying the number of affected homes. The attack came ahead of trilateral talks between the Ukrainian and Russian delegations in Abu Dhabi next week; Zelensky said Moscow was

Context: the Kherson ceasefire and the evacuation of Oleshky

The strikes followed Thursday's meeting at which US First Lady Melania Trump received the Russian and Ukrainian delegations at the White House and called for a were able to evacuate during the six days of the ceasefire:

Two men looking at a ruined building with rubble all around themImage source, Getty Images
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Employees inspect the damage of a kindergarten in Kyiv following a Russian missile attack

Debris and a broken window inside the kindergarten in KyivImage source, Getty Images
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Debris and a broken window inside the kindergarten in Kyiv

A screenshot from a bodycam video released by Ukraine's police purportedly shows local residents in the southern village of Komyshuvakha walking amid the rubble, following a Russian bombing attack on Monday, 2 November 2026Four people carrying belongings leave Oleshky, Ukraine's southern city occupied by RussiaA woman embraces her daughter. She has tears in her eyes and she is wearing several blue and yellow bracelets.