Ukrainian strikes kill three in Russia’s Belgorod region

Russian strikes also cut power to Ukrainian cities as Moscow claims 700 Ukrainian drones downed across multiple regions.

Municipal employees sort through the rubble of homes damaged during a Russian drone strike on Odesa, Ukraine, November 2, 2026 [Nina Liashonok/Reuters]

Ukrainian drone strikes have killed three people in Russia’s Belgorod region, while attacks cut power to multiple cities in Ukraine and parts of Russian-occupied Crimea, officials reported.

Local Russian authorities in Belgorod, which borders Ukraine, announced the three deaths on Wednesday. In Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Russia’s overnight attacks damaged power generation facilities and substations in nine regions leaving emergency outages in many cities.

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Russia’s Defence Ministry confirmed on Telegram that it hit two power stations in Ukraine’s Kyiv and Zhytomyr regions. Ukraine has repeatedly said Moscow is targeting its energy grid as temperatures drop before winter.

Overnight, Russian attacks on critical infrastructure caused hours-long power and water outages across Kyiv and surrounding regions.

Residents in the capital were urged to use public drinking water fountains, and emergency centres offering hot tea and power points to charge devices were set up in the worst-hit areas.

There were also power outages in Crimea, the peninsula Russia seized from Ukraine in 2014, home to approximately 2.5 million residents. Russia’s Ministry of Energy said Ukrainian strikes hit energy infrastructure overnight and that temporary outage schedules were in force. It did not say how many households were affected.

But reports also indicated that Russia-held Crimea ordered power cuts after an accident outside the region, a Moscow-installed ⁠official said, according to the Reuters news agency.

‌In addition to the capital, Kyiv, Russia also hit the regions of Poltava, Dnipro, Kirovohrad and Rivne, Reuters reported, citing Ukraine’s emergency service and local officials.

In southern Russia, a Ukrainian drone attack started a fire at a major warehouse belonging to Ozon, known as Russia’s Amazon. The strikes were on an Ozon distribution facility in the town of Adygeysk, in the Republic of Adygea, regional head Murat Kumpilov said.

Ozon said all workers were evacuated and no one was hurt, and that it had removed damaged goods from its listings and rerouted deliveries.

Russia’s Defence Ministry also said it downed 709 Ukrainian drones across 14 regions, Crimea and the Black and Azov seas.

Kremlin response to US midterms

Amid ongoing fighting between Russia and Ukraine, Russia’s Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the Kremlin hopes United States President Donald Trump will continue his peace efforts after a sweeping Democratic victory in the congressional midterms dealt a blow to the president.

“President Trump continues to exercise his powers. We sincerely hope that he will also continue his peacemaking efforts,” Peskov said in a statement.

Whether a change in Congress could hinder Trump’s peace efforts, Peskov said, as cited by the state-run Interfax news outlet, that it was “an internal matter for America”.

Democratic control of the legislature in January is expected to bring a more vocal pro-Kyiv majority in Congress that could pressure Trump to change tack, but there is little hope that the US will return as a major financial backer of Ukraine.

Meanwhile, Ukraine’s Zelenskyy awarded US First Lady Melania Trump the Order of Princess Olga, which honours women who have contributed to Ukraine, according to a presidential decree on Wednesday.

The decree noted Melania Trump’s “significant personal contribution” in providing support for humanitarian aid and children in Ukraine.

Ukrainian officials say the US first lady played a pivotal role in organising a six-day local ceasefire to evacuate civilians from the Russian-occupied town of Oleshky, which ended on Sunday.

俄罗斯的空袭还导致乌克兰多个城市断电，莫斯科方面声称在多个地区击落了700架乌克兰无人机。

2026年11月2日，乌克兰敖德萨，市政工作人员在俄罗斯无人机袭击中受损房屋的废墟中清理物品。[Nina Liashonok/路透社]

据官员报道，乌克兰无人机袭击造成俄罗斯别尔哥罗德州三人死亡，袭击还导致乌克兰多个城市和俄罗斯占领的克里米亚部分地区断电。

与乌克兰接壤的俄罗斯别尔哥罗德地方当局周三宣布了三起死亡事件。乌克兰总统泽连斯基表示，俄罗斯夜间袭击破坏了九个地区的发电设施和变电站，导致许多城市紧急停电。

（共四条，此为第一条）泽连斯基总统称美国大选将影响乌克兰战争

列表 2/4：粮食危机：黑海袭击威胁全球粮食供应

俄罗斯在收到美国警告后，拘留了一名涉嫌策划莫斯科袭击的未成年人（共4条记录中的第3条）。

停火结束后，俄罗斯和乌克兰空袭警报应用程序遭到网络攻击，以下是其中 4 个应用程序的列表。

俄罗斯国防部在Telegram上证实，俄军袭击了乌克兰基辅州和日托米尔州的两座发电站。乌克兰方面多次表示，随着冬季临近，气温下降，莫斯科正将目标对准其电网。

一夜之间，俄罗斯对关键基础设施的袭击导致基辅及其周边地区停电停水数小时。

首都居民被敦促使用公共饮水喷泉，受灾最严重的地区设立了紧急中心，提供热茶和电源插座，方便为电子设备充电。

克里米亚半岛也出现了停电。克里米亚是俄罗斯于2014年从乌克兰手中夺取的半岛，约有250万居民。俄罗斯能源部表示，乌克兰的袭击导致能源基础设施夜间受损，目前已实施临时停电措施。但能源部并未透露有多少家庭受到影响。

但据路透社报道，一名莫斯科官员表示，有报道称，在克里米亚地区发生一起事故后，俄罗斯控制的克里米亚下令切断该地区的电力供应。

路透社援引乌克兰紧急服务部门和地方官员的话报道称，除了首都基辅，俄罗斯还袭击了波尔塔瓦、第聂伯罗、基洛沃格勒和罗夫诺等地区。

俄罗斯南部发生一起乌克兰无人机袭击事件，导致俄罗斯电商巨头欧宗（Ozon，被誉为“俄罗斯亚马逊”）的一处大型仓库起火。阿迪格共和国阿迪格斯克市的欧宗配送中心遭到袭击，阿迪格共和国地区负责人穆拉特·库姆皮洛夫表示。

Ozon公司表示，所有工人均已疏散，无人受伤，并已将受损商品从商品列表中移除，并重新安排了送货路线。

俄罗斯国防部还表示，在14个地区、克里米亚半岛以及黑海和亚速海击落了709架乌克兰无人机。

克里姆林宫对美国中期选举的回应

在俄罗斯和乌克兰持续交战之际，俄罗斯克里姆林宫发言人德米特里·佩斯科夫表示，克里姆林宫希望美国总统唐纳德·特朗普在民主党于国会中期选举中取得压倒性胜利后，能够继续推进和平进程，因为这次胜利对特朗普总统造成了打击。

佩斯科夫在一份声明中表示：“特朗普总统将继续行使他的权力。我们真诚地希望他也能继续为和平做出努力。”

据国营的国际文传电讯社报道，佩斯科夫表示，国会的变动是否会阻碍特朗普的和平努力，是“美国的内政”。

预计民主党在1月份掌控立法机构后，国会中将出现更多亲基辅的声音，这可能会迫使特朗普改变策略，但美国重新成为乌克兰主要财政支持者的希望渺茫。

与此同时，根据周三发布的总统令，乌克兰总统泽连斯基向美国第一夫人梅拉尼娅·特朗普授予奥尔加公主勋章，以表彰为乌克兰做出贡献的女性。

该法令指出，梅拉尼娅·特朗普在为乌克兰的人道主义援助和儿童提供支持方面做出了“重大个人贡献”。

乌克兰官员表示，美国第一夫人发挥了关键作用，组织了为期六天的当地停火，以从俄罗斯占领的奥列什基镇撤离平民，该停火于周日结束。