Russia Strikes Ukraine's Energy Grid, Leaving 550,000 Households Without Power

Russia attacked energy and oil-and-gas infrastructure across Ukraine overnight and on Monday, October 19, leaving around 550,000 households without power. Casualties were reported, and the Ukrainian military said partners did not warn of the attack in time. Strikes hit Vinnytsia, Volyn, Kirovohrad, Kyiv, Mykolaiv, Zhytomyr, Khmelnytskyi, Kharkiv, Ternopil, Odesa, and Rivne regions. Ukraine's Energy Ministry reported 87 targeted attacks and 224 damages in a day, with about 140 settlements still blacked out. In Dnipropetrovsk region, two people died in Kryvyi Rih, and in Kyiv region, 17 were injured in Irpin. President Zelensky said ballistic missiles arrived in several waves, with partners warning only of the second. The Air Force reported 269 Shahed drones and Iskander missiles launched, with 243 drones and four missiles downed. Zelensky noted nearly 2,700 drones, 1,700 glide bombs, and 66 missiles were fired since Trump's "energy ceasefire" was announced.