Overview

• The IAEA reported incoming and outgoing shelling near the Russian‑occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, with two rounds landing about 1.25 km from the perimeter as the site remains cut off from the grid and relies on eight diesel generators.
• Ukrenergo said power was out in parts of Chernihiv, Kharkiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Sumy and Donetsk regions, with Chernihiv enforcing multiple hourly cuts while repair crews work under air-raid alerts.
• DTEK reported serious damage to a thermal power plant overnight that injured two workers, and said a coal enrichment plant in Donetsk region was destroyed in a separate strike.
• Early-October barrages that combined hundreds of drones with dozens of missiles penetrated defenses and struck energy and gas infrastructure, testing Ukraine’s air-defense capacity.
• European officials said the Ukraine Energy Support Fund faces an estimated €400 million gap that will hinder equipment procurement, as analysts warn gas reserves below minimum levels could force up to 2 bcm of rapid imports.