DTEK says Russian attacks shut down three of its thermal power plants. Ukrainian officials say more than 180,000 people were left without power in Zhytomyr region and 73 were injured at a Kharkiv hospital. Ukraine’s Energy Ministry said energy facilities were damaged in 10 regions, while emergency electricity outages were reported in Kyiv and 6 surrounding regions.
DTEK, Ukraine’s largest private energy company, said three of its thermal power plants stopped generating electricity after Russian attacks overnight and on the morning of 3 November. The company described the destruction as extensive, Glavcom said.
The shutdowns follow earlier Russian attacks that destroyed parts of Ukraine’s energy infrastructure.
Ukraine’s Energy Ministry said energy facilities in 10 regions were damaged. Emergency electricity outages affected Kyiv and six surrounding regions, The Moscow Times said.
Zhytomyr city lost electricity after the attack. Governor Vitalii Bunechko said more than 180,000 people across the region were without power that morning, Al Jazeera said.
The Russian military said it targeted four power plants, two substations and port infrastructure along the Danube River overnight.
Separately, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said a Russian strike on a city clinical hospital in Kharkiv injured 73 people. He said the hospital’s cardiology department, where patients were receiving treatment, was damaged.
Kyivvodokanal said Russian attacks had cut power to its main water facilities on 3 November. The whole metro network was also suspended, while the water supplier and electricity workers worked to restore service.
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Chancellor Friedrich Merz pledged further energy and winter assistance at a Berlin meeting with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. The planned winter aid would total €200 million (about $223.7 million), news agency dpa said.
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UNICEF counts about 270 attacks in 2026. From the start of the 2026–2027 academic year through 20 October, school-time alarms averaged 34 hours, equivalent to more than 13% of scheduled learning; more than 560,000 children in three regions faced over 60 hours, roughly one quarter of scheduled learning. UNICEF says work on shelters and learning support continues.
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