Zelenskyy: Russian strikes on energy grid leave 280,000 households without power

Russian strikes on Ukrainian energy, railway, and gas infrastructure on the night of October 30-31 left over 280,000 households without power, according to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. About 200,000 households in Dnipro and the region and over 80,000 in the Kyiv region lost electricity. Attacks hit a thermal power plant in Kyiv, four electrical substations and a gas distribution facility in Dnipropetrovsk region, a thermal plant in Shostka, and railway infrastructure in Dnipro and Kharkiv. Zelenskyy called on partners to increase pressure on Russia with sanctions and support packages. Since September, Russia has launched over 350 strikes on Ukrainian energy infrastructure, damaging over 800 pieces of equipment, according to Energy Minister Denys Shmyhal.