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Russia hits power stations in Ukraine's regions of Kyiv, Zhytomyr

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On November 4, Russia targeted two power stations in Kyiv and Zhytomyr regions of Ukraine, according to the Russian defence ministry’s Telegram statement. This ongoing series of attacks, which also included strikes on a cargo vessel near Odesa and other Ukrainian regions like Poltava and Dnipro, aims at energy facilities amid colder weather conditions. The article reports that these assaults follow similar strikes from the previous day and occur just before scheduled US-brokered peace talks were to begin.
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As of November 4, 2026, the death toll from a Russian bombing of an aid distribution center in Komyshuvakha, a village in Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia region, has risen to 37 people. The attack also left dozens missing and five injured. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy described it as an "utterly horrific Russian attack," highlighting that the settlement had been hit by aerial bombs throughout the day. This incident is one of the deadliest attacks on civilians in nearly five years since the start of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, raising concerns about ongoing violence despite recent local ceasefires.

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Ukraine GPE · 9× Russia GPE · 7× Kyiv GPE · 3× Crimea GPE · 2× Moscow GPE · 2× Russian NORP · 2× Zhytomyr GPE · 2× Dnipro GPE · 1× Odesa GPE · 1× Poltava GPE · 1×

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Last month, a Kremlin aide said Moscow's attitude to three-way peace talks with Ukraine and the United States would depend in part on whether Ukraine launched a large-scale attack on Russia's National Unity Day, a public holiday observed on Nov. 4.
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🔮 The strikes, which also targeted a cargo vessel at sea near Odesa, follow Tuesday's bombardments with missiles and drones that knocked out power to swathes of Ukraine, a week before US-brokered peace talks were set to resume.
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Russia hits power stations in Ukraine's regions of Kyiv, Zhytomyr · assertive framing

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Russia hits power stations in Ukraine's regions of Kyiv, Zhytomyr Nov 4 - asserted
Russia → hit → Kyiv
Russia has hit two power stations in Ukraine's regions of Kyiv and Zhytomyr, the Russian defence ministry said on Telegram on Wednesday, keeping up nearly daily strikes on its neighbour's energy facilities amid falling temperatures. asserted
ministry → hit → temperatures
The strikes, which also targeted a cargo vessel at sea near Odesa, follow Tuesday's bombardments with missiles and drones that knocked out power to swathes of Ukraine, a week before US-brokered peace talks were set to resume. asserted
talks → target → Ukraine
Elsewhere in Ukraine, Russia hit the regions of Poltava, Dnipro, Kirovohrad and Rivne, in addition to the capital of Kyiv, Ukraine's emergency service and local officials said in statements on the messaging app. asserted
service → hit → app
Russia-held Crimea ordered power cuts after an accident outside the region, a Moscow-installed official said, and a drone attack near the southern city of Krasnodar next to Crimea set fire to a logistics hub of Russian retailer Ozon. asserted
attack → hold → Ozon
The cause of the incident in the peninsula Russia annexed from Ukraine in 2014 was not immediately clear. asserted
Russia → annex → 2014
The neighbours deny deliberately targeting civilians in the war that started with Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022. asserted
that → deny → 2022
Last month, a Kremlin aide said Moscow's attitude to three-way peace talks with Ukraine and the United States would depend in part on whether Ukraine launched a large-scale attack on Russia's National Unity Day, a public holiday observed on Nov. 4. asserted
Ukraine → say → Nov.
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