Overview

• Ukrainian officials said a massive overnight assault targeted energy facilities, leaving parts of Kyiv’s left bank without electricity and causing water supply issues.
• Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko reported at least eight people were injured in the latest strikes as crews worked to limit the impact on essential services.
• Attacks on power and gas infrastructure have occurred almost daily since late September, with President Volodymyr Zelensky citing about 1,550 strikes and 160 hits across several regions.
• Naftogaz confirmed the Oct. 3 barrage on facilities in Kharkiv and Poltava involved roughly 35 missiles and 60 drones; Russia’s Defense Ministry said it aimed at military-industrial targets.
• Ukraine has hit Russian oil and gas assets in response, with Belgorod authorities reporting outages and five deaths and Ukraine claiming a strike on Lukoil’s Korobkovsky gas-processing plant in Volgograd.