Russian drone strikes hit energy grid and Kramatorsk city hall
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Ukraine experienced a new wave of widespread Russian attacks overnight, with 433 drones targeting various regions. The Vinnytsia, Kharkiv, Khmelnytskyi, Kyiv, and Zhytomyr regions reported damage to energy infrastructure and communication towers, leading to emergency power outages in Kyiv and leaving over 650 settlements without electricity in one region. Additionally, the city executive committee building in Kramatorsk was destroyed by an airstrike, and DTEK coal enterprises were attacked, injuring three people.
Amidst the ongoing conflict, discussions around the Oleshky operation have shifted to its outcomes and implications for negotiations. Ukrainian Deputy Foreign Minister Andriy Sybiha expressed the country's readiness for a complete ceasefire, referencing the situation in Oleshky, while Kherson authorities urged residents to avoid crowded places as a truce neared its end. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has also reportedly devised a plan to obtain air defense missiles sooner than the 500 units allocated in a US aid package.
In other domestic news, fuel prices for gasoline, diesel, and autogas, as well as gas prices, increased across the country starting November 1st. A gas cylinder explosion occurred in a multi-story apartment building in Kyiv. On the military front, a source known as 'Madar' reported a monthly record for the SBS, with a target hit every 41 seconds, and an ISW report indicated Russian forces made minimal territorial gains despite launching thousands of assaults. President Zelenskyy also stated that Russian forces have killed approximately 120 clergy members and damaged around 800 religious sites.