Russian attacks triggered power and water outages for hours on Wednesday (November 4, 2026) across Kyiv and surrounding regions, while President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the death toll in a stricken village in southern Ukraine rose to 40 in one of the deadliest strikes there in nearly five years of war.
Before water and power were restored, residents in the capital of Kyiv were urged to use public drinking water fountains. Emergency centres were set up hastily in the worst-hit areas, offering hot tea and power for people seeking to charge electrical devices. Body camera footage recovered from a police officer killed in the attack shows the devastating impact of the Russian guided bomb. The attack followed the end of a six-day ceasefire in the Russian-occupied city of Oleshky in the southwestern Ukrainian region of Kherson.
Such attacks are a regular feature of wartime life in Ukraine, despite arrest warrants issued by the International Criminal Court in 2024 for two senior Russian officers whom prosecutors accuse of overseeing strikes on civilian infrastructure. The video was recorded on Monday (November 4, 2026) as the officer descended stairs into the shelter after the nearby aid distribution centre was struck. It was the most significant truce between Kyiv and Moscow since 2022, and allowed the evacuation of residents from the shattered city. The National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine said on Wednesday (November 4, 2026) it had uncovered a criminal plot involving senior officials from the country’s security service, prosecutor general’s office and national police who were alleged to have taken kickbacks from the criminal underworld in exchange for protecting fraudulent call centres, drug sales and illegal cigarette and currency operations.
She was recognised for her humanitarian support, including human rights and charitable activities aimed at helping Ukrainian children, according to the Presidential website. The major online retailer Ozon said that a drone attack caused a fire to break out at its logistics centre in Adygeysk, in Russia’s Adygea region, but that there were no casualties.
