News from Ukraine, Eastern Europe

Presidential Office head Kyrylo Budanov said on Nov. 3 that the incident was "not without outside influence."

The European Commission will host talks on Ukraine in Brussels on Nov. 4, bringing together representatives from the U.S., Ukraine, NATO, and several European countries.

The widespread power and water outages in Kyiv follow Russia's largest mass attack on Ukraine's energy infrastructure this year, which targeted substations, transmission systems, and power plants across the country.

"Allowing Russia to participate will have significant consequences in terms of security, politically and economically for us as hosts,” the German Ice Hockey Federation (DEB) said in a statement.

The White House announced on Nov. 3 that representatives from Ukraine and Russia would join the first lady for her remarks on the humanitarian operation in Oleshky.

More than 50 people may still be trapped under the rubble, President Volodymyr Zelensky said at a press conference on Nov. 3.

Lieutenant General Ivan Havryliuk, a former first deputy defense minister, has been appointed to lead Ukroboronprom, Ukraine's largest state-owned defense company, according to a Nov. 3 statement.

The Air Force said Russia launched an unspecified number of ballistic missiles, including the Iskander-M, North Korean KN-23, and Zircon types, in addition to 59 cruise missiles and 289 attack drones against Ukraine overnight, mostly targeting Kyiv, Kharkiv, Dnipropetrovsk, and Vinnytsia oblasts.

"Important meetings lie ahead, as well as strengthening our air defense and supporting our energy sector. This will be the priority of today’s talks," said Zelensky on social media upon arriving in Germany.

Energy officials recorded one of the largest waves of Russian ballistic missiles targeting critical infrastructure, with Russia also launching cruise missiles, jet-powered drones, and propeller-powered drones, Vitalii Zaichenko, CEO of Ukrenergo, the country's state grid operator, told the Kyiv Independent.

U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff announced on Nov. 3 that new rounds of trilateral peace negotiations between Russia, Ukraine, and the U.S. will be held on Nov. 10 in Abu Dhabi.

Terekhov said approximately 200 patients would be evacuated to other medical facilities as emergency services worked at the scene.

The number includes 2,060 casualties that Russian forces suffered over the past day.