Key facts
- Governors reported deaths and injuries in Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, Dnipropetrovsk, Kherson and Sumy oblasts over the past day.
- DTEK said emergency power outages were introduced in several regions, including Kyiv, after the strikes on energy infrastructure.
- Zhytomyr Oblast governor Vitalii Bunechko said power crews began repairs immediately after the all-clear and reconnection work was ongoing.
- The Air Force said drone impacts were recorded at 19 locations and falling debris at 15 locations.
- Kherson Oblast governor Oleksandr Prokudin said Russian forces attacked 40 settlements in the region and injured three people.
Russian attacks killed six people and injured 50 others across Ukraine over the past day, while Russia struck energy infrastructure in six regions, local authorities said. The regions hit included Odesa, Kirovohrad, Zhytomyr, western Ternopil, Volyn and Rivne oblasts, the authorities said on October 4.
"Immediately after the all-clear (alert) was given, the power crews began repair work (at the damaged energy facility). Work to restore the power supply and reconnect consumers is ongoing," Zhytomyr Oblast governor Vitalii Bunechko said. Following the attacks on energy infrastructure, emergency power outages were introduced in several regions, including Kyiv, DTEK, Ukraine's largest private energy firm, said on October 4.
Alongside the energy strikes, Russian forces launched 310 long-range attack drones at Ukraine overnight on November 4, including 81 jet-powered drones, the Air Force said. Ukrainian air defenses intercepted 272 of the drones, including 64 jet-powered ones, and 20 more remained in Ukrainian airspace as of around 8 a.m. local time, the Air Force added. Drone impacts were recorded at 19 locations and falling debris at 15 locations, it said.
In Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Russia attacked four districts with drones, missiles and artillery, Governor Oleksandr Hanzha said on November 3. Two people were killed and 21 injured in the attack on the regional capital of Dnipro, while 17 people were injured elsewhere in the region. Hanzha said on November 4 that two men, aged 38 and 57, were injured in an attack on an enterprise in Dnipro, and the facility was on fire.
In Donetsk Oblast, attacks killed two people and injured five others, Governor Vadym Filashkin said. In Zaporizhzhia Oblast, two people were killed and three injured over the past day, local authorities said. Kherson Oblast governor Oleksandr Prokudin said Russian forces attacked 40 settlements and injured three people, and a drone attack on the Velyka Pysarivka community in Sumy Oblast injured a 69-year-old woman, according to the local military administration.
Earlier, on October 3, Russia launched its largest mass attack on Ukraine's energy infrastructure this year, targeting substations, transmission systems and power plants across the country.