2 people killed in Ukraine’s Odesa region as Russia continues to target
power grid
[November 03, 2025]
By VOLODYMYR YURCHUK
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — At least two people were killed in a drone attack
in Ukraine’s southwestern Odesa region, authorities said Sunday.
Meanwhile, Russia and Ukraine continued to target each other's
infrastructure.
A Russian drone attack on a car park in the Odesa region, on Ukraine’s
Black Sea coast, in the early hours of Sunday killed two people,
according to the State Emergency Service. Odesa regional head Oleh Kiper
said that three others were wounded.
Tens of thousands of homes were left without power after Russia attacked
the front-line Zaporizhzhia region overnight with drones and missiles.
Zaporizhzhia regional head Ivan Fedorov said nearly 60,000 people faced
power outages and that two people were wounded in the attacks. He posted
photos on Telegram of buildings reduced to rubble.
As a result of attacks on Ukraine’s power grid, several regions faced
rolling power cuts on Sunday, Ukraine’s national energy operator,
Ukrenergo, said.
Ukraine’s Energy Ministry said Sunday that the partially occupied
Donetsk region was without electricity, as well as parts of the
Zaporizhzhia, Kharkiv, and Chernihiv regions.
The strikes were the latest in Russia’s sustained campaign on Ukraine’s
energy infrastructure as winter temperatures approach.
Ukrainian cities use centralized public infrastructure to run water,
sewage and heating systems, and blackouts stop them from working.
Attacks aim to erode Ukrainian morale as well as disrupt weapons
manufacturing and other war-related activity almost four years after
Russia’s full-scale invasion of its neighbor.
Analysts and officials say Moscow has shifted tactics this year,
targeting specific regions and gas infrastructure.
The attacks have grown more effective as Russia launches hundreds of
drones, some equipped with cameras that improve targeting, overwhelming
air defenses — especially in regions where protection is weaker.
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In this image made from video provided by the Russian Defense
Ministry Press Service on Friday, Oct. 31, 2025, a Russian "Grad"
self-propelled 122 mm multiple rocket launcher fires towards
Ukrainian positions on an undisclosed location in Ukraine. (Russian
Defense Ministry Press Service via AP)
In Russia, a Ukrainian drone strike set an oil tanker and
infrastructure ablaze at Tuapse port, regional officials said
Sunday.
Images on social media appeared to show flames engulfing terminal
structures and a tanker at the Black Sea port, with multiple blazes
visible across the port area. The Associated Press was unable to
independently confirm the footage.
A Ukrainian intelligence official told the AP that Ukrainian forces
struck a tanker, loading infrastructure and port buildings.
The official said five drone strikes were recorded and the operation
was carried out by special forces of Ukraine’s Security Service and
other defense forces. The official spoke on condition of anonymity
to disclose operational details.
Local Russian authorities said “two foreign civilian ships” were
damaged.
Tuapse is home to a major oil export terminal and a refinery
belonging to state-owned Russian oil company Rosneft.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said long-range strikes on
refineries inside Russia have reduced Moscow’s oil refining capacity
by 20%, citing intelligence from Western governments.
Oil exports play a key role in funding Russia’s invasion of its
neighbor Ukraine. While Ukrainian weapons take aim at the
refineries, new sanctions from the U.S. and the European Union are
aiming to cut into Moscow’s oil and gas export earnings.
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