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Zelenskyy says Russian strikes cut power to hundreds of thousands

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Sunday that overnight Russian attacks on energy sites in four Ukrainian regions left hundreds of thousands of families without electricity, Politico Europe and DW reported.

What's new
  1. Politico Europe and DW are now reporting this
  2. New headline Was: “Russian strikes cut power to thousands in Ukraine as drones damage Russian facility”
  3. Our desk filed its story

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Sunday that overnight Russian strikes on energy infrastructure in four regions left hundreds of thousands of families without electricity1,2,3.

He named Dnipro, Vinnytsia, Zhytomyr and Khmelnytskyi and said substations, transformers and power lines that supply homes were targeted1,2. "As of now, hundreds of thousands of families remain without power," Zelenskyy wrote, according to Politico Europe1.

Ukraine's military said it struck a factory producing solid rocket fuel in Russia's Rostov region, damaging workshops; those claims were not independently verified in the DW account2. Zelenskyy said repair crews were at work and that attacks on other critical infrastructure were continuing2.

In Russia's Nizhny Novgorod region, Gov. Gleb Nikitin said a large overnight drone attack caused significant damage to an industrial facility in the Kstovsky district, with no casualties in preliminary reports1,2. He did not name the plant; Politico Europe noted the NORSI oil refinery is in the region, and DW said Ukrainian media identified the Kstovo oil refinery without independent confirmation1,2.

DW reported that a ceasefire limited to the Kherson region, associated with U.S. first lady Melania Trump, was set to expire Sunday evening without an announced extension, while neither side reported violations of that local truce2. Reuters likewise said fighting and long-range attacks continued elsewhere even as the local arrangement around Oleshky held on its final day3.

DW said Zelenskyy met Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Istanbul on Saturday and described preparations for talks involving Ukraine, Russia and the United States in the first half of November2. Independent confirmation of any summit schedule was not in the three accounts1,2,3.

Sources

  1. Politico EuropeRussian strikes leave thousands without power in Ukraine, says Zelenskyy
  2. DWUkraine: Russian attacks leave tens of thousands without power
  3. ReutersRussian strikes cut power to thousands in Ukraine as drones damage Russian facility

How it’s being reported

3 sources

First reported by ReutersReuters

Ukraine: Russian attacks leave tens of thousands without power

The outages plus a Melania Trump-brokered Kherson ceasefire and Zelenskyy's Istanbul talks with Turkey's president

DW's live blog said Zelenskyy reported hundreds of thousands of households without power and placed the strikes alongside a Kherson-area ceasefire set to expire Sunday.

Leaves out Zelenskyy's verbatim list of substations, transformers and power lines (quoted by Politico Europe)

Where they agree

  • Zelenskyy said energy infrastructure in four named Ukrainian regions was struck overnight and hundreds of thousands of households lacked power.
  • A Russian official in Nizhny Novgorod reported industrial damage after drones, without naming the facility in Politico Europe and Reuters.

Where they differ

How widely to frame the same night

Side by side

Each outlet's article broken down by our newsroom, in our own words. To read what they wrote, use the button under each one.

Russian strikes leave thousands without power in Ukraine, says Zelenskyy

Zelenskyy's social-media account of household outages and the Nizhny Novgorod industrial damage report

Zelenskyy said energy infrastructure in four regions was hit overnight as a Russian governor reported damage at an industrial site in Nizhny Novgorod.

Leaves out Air-force intercept counts and Kyiv drone-alert totals cited by Reuters

Zelenskyy's social-media account of household outages and the Nizhny Novgorod industrial damage report

What it reports

  • Zelenskyy said energy infrastructure in Dnipro, Vinnytsia, Zhytomyr and Khmelnytskyi was attacked overnight.
  • He said substations, transformers and power lines that supply homes were targeted and hundreds of thousands of families remained without power.
  • Nizhny Novgorod Gov. Gleb Nikitin said more than 100 drones were destroyed and an industrial facility in the Kstovsky district had significant damage, with no casualties in preliminary reports.
  • Nikitin did not name the plant; Politico noted the NORSI oil refinery is in the region.
  • The piece recalled reporting that Kyiv had paused some refinery strikes around U.S. midterms and that Moscow had continued striking Ukrainian energy sites.

Leaves out Air-force intercept counts and Kyiv drone-alert totals cited by Reuters

DWDW

Ukraine: Russian attacks leave tens of thousands without power

The outages plus a Melania Trump-brokered Kherson ceasefire and Zelenskyy's Istanbul talks with Turkey's president

DW's live blog said Zelenskyy reported hundreds of thousands of households without power and placed the strikes alongside a Kherson-area ceasefire set to expire Sunday.

Leaves out Zelenskyy's verbatim list of substations, transformers and power lines (quoted by Politico Europe)

The outages plus a Melania Trump-brokered Kherson ceasefire and Zelenskyy's Istanbul talks with Turkey's president

What it reports

  • DW said hundreds of thousands of households lost electricity after overnight strikes on energy infrastructure in four regions, citing Zelenskyy.
  • Zelenskyy said repair crews were working and that attacks on other critical infrastructure were continuing.
  • A ceasefire limited to the Kherson region, brokered by U.S. first lady Melania Trump, was set to expire Sunday evening without an announced extension.
  • DW said neither side reported violations of that local truce while Russian strikes continued elsewhere.
  • Zelenskyy said after meeting Turkey's Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Istanbul that preparations were underway for talks involving Ukraine, Russia and the United States in the first half of November.

Leaves out Zelenskyy's verbatim list of substations, transformers and power lines (quoted by Politico Europe)