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Due to the large-scale Russian attack on Ukraine’s energy plants in the early hours of Tuesday morning, the regional recap is being published early, and AJ News will run a live news update from Tuesday morning to report on the damage from the overnight attacks.
News was mainly filled with the hacking of the Ukrainian emergency announcement system, which led to notifications of chemical or nuclear attacks, along with street fighting in Kyiv, however, the system was eventually restored, and Suspilne have reported they will no longer issue air raid alerts through Telegram after the incident.
Soon after the Ukrainian hack had been reversed, Russia’s EMERCOM reported that there were issues with Russians receiving messages of attacks in various areas, encouraging residents to take cover in basements, which the Russian FSB consider a major hack of the MAX messaging system and have launched a full investigation.
Dnipropetrovsk
A 4-year-old boy was hospitalised and his 10-year-old brother was receiving medical assistance at home following damage caused to a private residence after a Russian artillery strike on the Nikopol district on Monday afternoon, reported the Head of the Regional Military Administration Oleksandr Ganzha.
Russia damaged a warehouse and gymnasium, killing a 61-year-old man, in the Synelnykove district, following strikes, while one man was injured, and damage was caused to private homes, along with nearby cars, in the communities of Hrushivska and Zelenodolska communities of Kryvyi Rih.
Strikes were also reported on the communities of Marganetska, Pokrovska, and Chervonohryhorivska in the Nikopol district, damaging apartment buildings, private homes, cars, infrastructure, and administrative buildings, as Russia struck the region more than 40 times during the day, according to reports from Ganzha.
Energy had been restored to 820,000 residents following the Russian strikes on the energy sector over the weekend, reported DTEK Dniproenergo, but said the situation is currently unstable, especially with some emergency power outages in Pavlohrad.
Supply is due to be temporarily suspended on Tuesday November 3rd on several streets of Dnipro, Zorya, and Pavlohrad, in order to carry out planned maintenance work, while hourly schedules will be in effect for the rest of the region.
Donetsk
30 people were killed in Sloviansk during the month of October, reported Head of the City Military Administration Vadym Liakh, stating that another 118 people had been injured in one month as a result of Russian strikes.
Liakh reported that Russia had also dropped two aerial guided bombs on the central part of Sloviansk on Monday morning, killing a 68-year-old woman, while hospitalising 6 injured people.
Three KAB-250 guided aerial bombs wer dropped on Kramatorsk within 24 hours until Monday morning, damaging a mutli-apartment building and 19 private houses, along with a garage and an outbuilding, according to Donetsk police.
Donetsk State Emergency Services reported that a Russian airstrike in the afternoon on Sloviansk claimed the life of a woman born in 1958, while seven other people were injured.
Nine five-story residential buildings, a store, an administrative building, a warehouse, and a car was damaged, while two fires broke out at the impact sites resulting in damage to a car and a garage, which were contained despite constant threats.
An energy worker died while restoring the power grid in Kramatorsk during a Russian attack, reported the Head of the Regional State Administration Vadym Filashkin, while spokesperson for the Regional Prosecutor’s Office Anastasia Medvedeva added that a civilian man was also killed by a Russian drone in Kramatorsk on Monday morning.
Following Russian strikes on Kramatorsk, almost the entire city remained withoued water, and Russian drones were making it difficult to carry out repairs, according to Filashkin, who said that utility workers have resorted to drilling new wells to help improve the situation.
The heating season in half of Kramatorsk and a third of Sloviansk is impossible to conduct currently as a result of Russian strikes, while the heating season has had to be cancelled completely in Oleksandrivka, Filashkin added.
Over the course of the past week, 3,620 civilians were reportedly evacuated from the Donetsk region, including 350 children, which is an increase of 1,382 on the previous week, according to daily data from the regional administration.
Kharkiv
Russia launched more than a dozen guided aerial bombs on Izium in the space of one hour, according to the Head of the Izium Regional Military Administration Stepan Maselsky, noting that impacts were recorded at several locations.
Head of the Regional Military Administration Oleh Syniehubov said that 27 people sought medical assistance following the Russian strikes, and one person was killed, while it was confirmed a five-story apartment building had been hit, with floors 1 through 3 damaged as a result of the impact, while another strike hit a four-story residential building.
In the city, at least 14 private houses, two stores, and six cars were also damaged after fires broke, according to Syniehubov, noting that around a dozen impacts had occurred in total within the space of an hour, however, it was later revealed by the Regional Prosecutor’s Office that Russia had struck Izium with four FAB-500 aerial bombs with UMPK modules.
Clarifying the situation, a five-story residential building and five neighbouring apartment buildings were damaged in the Industrial Zone, the city centre, and Honcharivka, which included six buildings and a four-story building in the city centre, cars destroyed by fire nearby, and 20 private homes damaged in Honcharivka.
Around 8:45am, an FPV drone damaged a house and outbuildings when it struck a residential building in Zolotchev, according to Head of the Local Military Administration Viktor Kovalenko.
In Lozova, a woman underwent surgical operations following a Russian drone strike on a residential building, according to Mayor Serhiy Zelensky, adding that in addition to the apartment building, damage was also caused to a kindergarten, the social welfare department, and a branch of the Pension Fund of Ukraine.
Russia struck non-residential buildings in the Chuhuiv district, according to Mayor Galina Minaeva, while as a result of the strikes, four women sustained explosive injuries and were hospitalised in a moderate condition, while a fifth woman experienced a severe stress reaction, Syniehubov confirmed.
Two people sought medical assistance following a Russian strike on the Primorskyi district of the Pechenyzhskyi community, according to Syniehuboc, noting that at least nine houses were damaged during the strike.
Kharkiv State Emergency Services said that eight people were injured after Russia also launched an attack on the village of Pechenyzhskyi in the Prymorsk community, damaging a private residential building after a fire broke out, while nearby homes, farm buildings, and private cars were also damaged.
Explosions were reported again in Chuhuiv during the afternoon, as Mayor Minaeva confirmed strikes in the village of Kochetok: “A civilian enterprise and residential buildings have been damaged – emergency services are working at the scene, and the extent of the damage is being assessed,” she said.
Two FPV drones strikes were recorded in the Malodanilivska community, hitting cargo vehicles of special transport, killing one worker, according to the Head of the Community Oleksandr Holobov: “The road from Derhachi to Pyatykhatky is becoming increasingly dangerous,” he said: “We see that attacks on vehicles are continuing, and the risks for drivers and passengers are increasing.”
Following another strike reported soon after on a municipal vehicle on the suburbs of Kharkiv, two men and a women were said to be receiving medical assistance for stress reactions in Prymorske, according to Syniehubov.
A civilian enterprise was hit and fires broke out in two locations that was dealt with by the State Emergency Services in the Novopokrovska village, along with fires breaking out and damaging residential buildings, shops, and cars in Chuhuiv, reported the SES.
Paramedics reported that five people had been treated for injuries, but this rose to seven, according to Minaeva, stating that approximately 100 apartments and 10 private houses were damaged.
During the afternoon, a Russian drone strike on a car on the Zolotchev-Derhachi highway resulted in a 71-year-old man sustaining shrapnel wounds to both thighs and the head, and was hospitalised, while his car was destroyed, reported Kovalenko.
At around 5:40pm, Russia reportedly struck the Izium industrial zone with KAB guided aerial bombs, according to the city council, who said the impact occurred in an open area near a previously damaged educational facility, however, damage was still caused to six private houses and power lines, despite no injuries being reported.
Kherson
Shelling had clearly resumed following the ceasefire in the Oleksandrivka area, when Russia targeted a medical facility in Kherson city, according to local authorities.
Several rooms were damaged, while windows and interior doors were broken, but according to the Head of the Regional City Administration Yaroslav Shanko, there were no casualties.
A man and a woman were injured when a Russian drone struck a car in the Korabel district of Kherson, causing both to be admitted to hospital with blast injuries, according to the Regional Military Administration.
Seven people were reported to have been injured in the region as of 5:30pm, which included give in Kheron and one in Oleksandrivka, as well as a resident of the regional centre who was injured following the detonation of an explosive device, reported the Regional Prosecutor’s Office.
Meanwhile, a drone also attacked a truck and two buildings in Tavriysk in the West Bank.
Kyiv
Local authorities have confirmed on Monday that the Thermal Power Plants No. 5 and No.6, as well as the Darnitsa Thermal Power Plant, are no longer generating electricity due to Russian attacks.
Vinnytsia: Windows and balconies of an apartment building were damaged from the debris of a falling Russian drone, damaging 10 apartments in the building, but no one was injured, reported the Vinnytsia City Council.
Following the reports of several explosions in the region during the evening, Ukrenergo rreported that scheduled power outages would be in effect throughout Ukraine, particularly affecting the Vinnytsia region.
Sumy
A man was killed and his wife was injured following Russian strikes on the Mykolaiv community of the region, reported the SES, noting that the impact caused a private house to catch fire, and the body of a deceased body had been found during the clearance of the rubble.
According to the preliminary information, damage was caused to five private houses and two outbuildings, but all fires had been extinguished by local and state crews.
Emergency power outages had to be introduced during the day because of recent attacks on the region, which included a critical overload of the power grid, and energy workers were struggling to restore power to the Hlukhiv community, according to the city council.
Residents of the region were asked to turn off electric heaters, air conditioners, water heaters, washing machines, and other appliances, because reducing the load on the energy system was necessary to stabilise the system and restore supplies.
Footage was published showing the aftermath of a Russian drone attack on a residential area of Hlukhiv around lunchtime by the State Emergency Services, reporting that one person was injured.
Zhytomyr
Three people, including a child, were injured as a result of Russian strikes, reported the State Emergency Services, noting that a fire broke out at a logistics infrastructure facility in Berdychiv, while a private residential building was damaged by fire in Andrushivka.
Zaporizhzhia
26 people were killed, including two rescuers and four police officers during a Russian double tap, while five others were injured in Komyshuavakha, according to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and the local State Emergency Services.
The President said that after the initial strike, nine bombs hit a shelter where people were taking refuge, stating that 27 people are still considered missing from the attack.
Russian forces struck a private residential building in the region during the evening, according to the State Emergency Services, reporting that a 62-year-old woman and an 11-year-old boy was injured, while the fire that broke out in a residential building had been extinguished.
