Overview
- Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry accused Russia of 'nuclear terrorism' for targeted strikes on substations that supply external power to nuclear plants, after the IAEA confirmed incidents that cut lines to South Ukraine and Khmelnitskyi and forced Rivne to reduce output.
- G7 energy ministers condemned attacks on Ukraine’s energy system and pledged support to bolster gas supplies and rebuild damaged infrastructure, with Canada accelerating pledged funds.
- President Volodymyr Zelensky signed a new package of sanctions against more than 50 individuals tied to Russia’s war effort and moved to align Ukraine’s measures with the EU’s 19th sanctions package.
- Ukrainian special forces were deployed to embattled Pokrovsk in an operation overseen by intelligence chief Kyrylo Budanov, as Zelensky said about 170,000 Russian troops are concentrated near the city and the General Staff recorded 157 clashes on October 31.
- Ukraine’s military intelligence said it struck Russia’s Koltsevoy fuel pipeline near Moscow, describing a blow to military logistics, while officials reported roughly 160 Ukrainian hits on Russian oil and energy facilities so far this year.