Russian air strikes cut power to 600,000 while claims of heavy Moscow casualties surface

Russian aerial strikes damaged critical energy facilities in Ukraine's Dnipropetrovsk region, leaving over 600,000 residents without electricity. Ukraine's power operator DTEK confirmed significant disruptions, while emergency generators were activated to maintain cooling systems at the occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant. Moscow's defence ministry stated its forces targeted energy infrastructure and a container vessel.

Concurrently, Ukrainian military reports and hacker group claims highlighted escalating Russian combat losses. Ukrainian officials reported that Russian forces sustained over 21,000 casualties during the first nine days of November. Separately, Ukrainian and Belarusian hackers claimed to have breached Russia's national statistics agency, alleging internal documents record 450,000 Russian deaths since the invasion began. Moscow has not verified these figures.

Sources: Der Standard, ESUT, FAZ, ORF, Tagesschau