Russia again attacked energy infrastructure in Kharkiv and Chernihiv regions. Power outage schedules are in effect throughout Ukraine from 8 AM to 10 PM.
As a result of the night attack on the railway infrastructure of Zaporizhzhia, Dnipropetrovsk, and Kharkiv regions, trains in the eastern direction are moving on altered routes with delays of up to 5 hours. There are no casualties, but the damage has affected train traffic, including services to Husarivka and international routes.
On November 6, no precipitation is expected in Ukraine, but fog is possible in the western, northern, and eastern regions at night and in the morning. Daytime air temperature will be +8…+17°C, with the warmest weather in the south.
As a result of an enemy UAV attack in Bohodukhiv, Kharkiv region, the number of injured has risen to five, including an 18-year-old boy with an acute stress reaction. A two-story residential building and a garage building were damaged.
Four people, including a 10-year-old child, were injured as a result of a Russian drone attack on Bohodukhiv. A UAV hit a warehouse building.
The Prosecutor General's Office handed over to the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine materials regarding 190,000 Russian war crimes. Over 5,100 drone attacks against civilians have been recorded in 9 months, which is twice as many as in the entire year 2024.
Over 5,000 Administrative Service Centers (ASCs) across Ukraine have started accepting applications for deferment from mobilization. In two days, 24,000 applications have been submitted, with the largest numbers in Vinnytsia, Rivne, and Kharkiv regions.
As of the end of October 2025, more than 2 million fines for traffic violations have been recorded in the Unified Register of Debtors, which is 43% more than at the beginning of the war. Three-quarters of these proceedings were closed without debt payment due to the impossibility of collecting funds.
Units of the Medical Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine have begun issuing adaptive clothing for wounded soldiers. 50,000 items have already been received, including T-shirts, shorts, and trousers, which facilitate access to wound sites.
On November 3, electricity consumption restriction schedules will be in effect in a number of regions of Ukraine due to Russian strikes on energy infrastructure. This is necessary to avoid emergency blackouts and balance consumption.
As a result of Russian strikes on Ukraine's energy facilities, Donetsk Oblast is completely without power, and Zaporizhzhia, Kharkiv, and Chernihiv Oblasts are partially without power. Energy company specialists have begun restoration work where the security situation allows.
In the Kharkiv region, a 39-year-old man was injured by an explosive device in the Vilkhivka community. He was hospitalized with injuries to his chest, lower back, and legs.
In Zhytomyr region, the circumstances of two explosions of ZIL and UAZ cars in the border zone with Belarus are being investigated. As a result of the incidents, five people aged 19 to 65 died, and three more were injured.
On the weekend, November 1 and 2, warm weather is expected in Ukraine with a maximum temperature of up to +17 degrees Celsius. Dry conditions will prevail, but light rains are possible in Sumy, Poltava, Kharkiv, Luhansk, and Donetsk regions.
As a result of the night shelling on October 31, railway facilities and rolling stock of Ukrzaliznytsia in Sumy and Kharkiv regions were damaged. Train No. 228/227 Husarivka – Ivano-Frankivsk is running on an altered route, and train No. 779/780 Sumy – Kyiv departed on schedule with substitute carriages.
On October 30, warm autumn weather is expected in Ukraine with air temperatures up to +16 degrees, in the south and west sometimes up to +18. In Kyiv, up to +14 degrees are forecast without precipitation.
Turbidity and a white substance have been discovered in the Merlo River in the Kharkiv region near the villages of Pavlivka and Bohodukhiv. The prosecutor's office has launched an investigation into the violation of water protection rules.
Since the beginning of the year, 0. 1% of Ukrainians, or 119 people, have been removed from the register of the State Employment Service due to mobilization. In total, 21% of the Employment Service's clients are men, which amounts to almost 62,000 people.
Commander of the Unmanned Systems Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Robert "Madyar" Brovdi, confirmed the strike on the Belgorod reservoir carried out by soldiers of the 1st separate Center of the SBS. After the attack, the water level dropped by 100 cm.
Due to damage to the dam in Russia's Belgorod Oblast, in addition to civilians, 4 brigades of the Russian army fighting in the Vovchansk direction were at risk of flooding. The water level dropped by more than a meter, flooding the dugouts where Russian soldiers were located.
The governor of Belgorod region reported damage to the dam of the Belgorod reservoir. In case of repeated damage, flooding is possible, threatening about 1,000 residents.
Train traffic in Kirovohrad, Kharkiv, and Sumy regions was complicated on October 24 due to infrastructure damage and traffic restrictions. Combined transportation, backup traction, and bypass routes are being used, leading to delays of up to 2 hours for some services.
In Orikhiv, Zaporizhzhia region, Russian troops struck a fire and rescue vehicle with an FPV drone. One rescuer sustained a shoulder injury and a mine-blast trauma.
Due to the threat of a Russian attack, train traffic in the Sumy direction is complicated, and there is no voltage in the contact network in certain sections. Two railway workers were injured and hospitalized.
In the Kupiansk region, on the night of October 23, Yuriy Chistikov, a 1975-born commander of a State Emergency Service unit, was killed. Russian terrorists repeatedly shelled the site of a fire caused by a drone, wounding five rescuers.
Ukrainian forces recorded 111 combat engagements. Russians launched one missile and 62 air strikes, using 28 missiles, 98 guided bombs, and over 3,000 kamikaze drones. The hottest spot remains the Pokrovsk direction, where the enemy carried out 40 attacks.
The State Bureau of Investigation (DBR) and the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) have notified two servicemen and a civilian accomplice of suspicion for stealing 24 tons of diesel fuel from a military unit in the Kharkiv region. They sold the fuel for 35 hryvnias per liter, causing almost 1 million hryvnias in damages.
Several regions of Ukraine, including Sumy, Zhytomyr, Poltava, Cherkasy, Kirovohrad, Kharkiv, Chernihiv, Dnipropetrovsk and Kyiv regions, switched to hourly power outage schedules on October 22. This happened instead of emergency blackouts, which were canceled in some regions.
622 legal entities and 855 individual entrepreneurs are engaged in the production of jewelry.
In eastern Ukraine, particularly in Kharkiv, Donetsk, and Luhansk regions, frosts down to 0-3 °C are expected on the night of October 23. The State Emergency Service has declared the second level of danger, urging citizens to be careful.
