Russian Strikes Hit Cities and Energy Infrastructure

Overnight Russian strikes and drone attacks on Oct. 30–31 hit cities and energy infrastructure across Ukraine, triggering air-raid alerts and explosions from Zaporizhzhia and Dnipro to Mykolaiv, Sumy and Kherson. Kherson officials reported 22 people injured and two killed, while Kramatorsk authorities said two people were injured. In Sumy region, an attack wounded 11 people, including four children, and damaged a multi-storey residential building, private houses and a railway depot that destroyed several carriages. Both sides have intensified strikes on energy infrastructure; Russia said it shot down about 130 Ukrainian drones and reported pipeline damage in Oryol that forced limits on heat and hot-water supply, and Russian authorities and some outlets reported a drone strike damaged an Oryol thermal power plant (not independently verified). Attacks also struck infrastructure near Vladimir and Yaroslavl and prompted closures there, underscoring a widening cross-border campaign as peace talks have stalled.