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Ukraine war latest: Kyiv suffers worst water outage of full-scale war after mass Russian assault

Key developments on Nov. 4: * Russian strikes cause Kyiv's worst water outage of full-scale war * 'Insane attack' — Death toll from Russian strike on Komyshuvakha rises to 40 as search operation enters 3rd day * 'Security guarantees must be ironclad' — Zelensky speaks to Trump's envoys ahead of trilateral peace talks * Russia has capacity to produce over 200 ballistic, cruise missiles per month, Ukraine's military intelligence says * Russian attacks kill 6, injure 50 across Ukraine over pa

About Donetsk Oblast

The Kyiv Independent's news and on-the-ground reporting from Donetsk Oblast, covering 26,517 square kilometers (10,239 square miles) in Ukraine’s East with a pre-war population of approximately 4.1 million. The administrative center is Kramatorsk, as Donetsk city has remained under Russian occupation since 2014. Donetsk Oblast has been the scene of intense fighting, for example, around the cities of Bakhmut, Avdiivka, and Vuhledar, as Moscow attempts to capture the entire region.

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