Ukrainian energy grid hit as Russian war casualties reportedly surge

Russian airstrikes against Ukrainian energy infrastructure left over 600,000 people without electricity in the Dnipropetrovsk region, according to local grid operators. The attacks also affected power supply lines to the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, forcing it onto emergency diesel generators to keep cooling systems active. Russia’s Ministry of Defence acknowledged targeting energy facilities alongside a cargo vessel.

Concurrently, Ukraine's General Staff reported that Russian forces suffered more than 21,000 casualties during the first nine days of November. Ukrainian and Belarusian hacker groups separately claimed to have breached Russia’s federal statistics agency, releasing unverified records alleging approximately 450,000 Russian fatalities since the 2022 invasion began.

Meanwhile, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy criticized proposed peace frameworks linked to US President-elect Donald Trump, describing them as dangerous.

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