We and our partners do the following data processing based on your consent: store and/or access information on a device, personalised advertising and content, advertising and content measurement, audience research and services development Russia strikes energy facilities in Kyiv as aid convoy heads for besieged town of Oleshky A power blackout plunges Kyiv into darkness after Russian strikes on energy infrastructure, on October 28, 2026. © Vladyslav Sodel, Russia said its forces struck energy infrastructure in and around Ukraine's capital on Friday as an aid convoy started moving overnight towards the beleaguered Russian-held town of Oleshky in southern Ukraine, carrying food and medical supplies among other items. Follow our liveblog for the latest updates. Russia's air defence forces shot down 1,043 Ukrainian drones over Russian regions overnight, Russia's Interfax news agency reports, citing the defence ministry. 'Horrific' Russian drone strike kills 14 at Dnipro train station The latest strikes come a day after a Russian drone slammed into a busy railway platform in the Ukrainian city of Dnipro, killing at least 14 people in what President Volodymyr Zelensky called a "horrific" attack that demands action by Kyiv's allies.
Another 14 people were wounded, six of them in severe condition with "multiple shrapnel wounds". The injured included an 11-year-old boy and a man with "both legs amputated", according to the local governor. Russia strikes energy facilities in Kyiv, port infrastructure near Odesa Russia has struck military facilities in Ukraine, the Russian defence ministry says on Telegram, adding that it hit energy infrastructure in and around Kyiv.
Moscow's army also hit the Dnipropetrovsk region, port facilities in the Odesa region and cargo vessels that it said were used by the military. An aid convoy started moving overnight towards the Russian-held town of Oleshky in southern Ukraine, carrying food and medical supplies among other items, the Russian newspaper Izvestia reports. The move follows weeks of efforts to organise a relief operation for residents of the acutely deprived town, seized by Russian forces soon after Moscow's February 2022 invasion of its smaller neighbour.
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