Russian ballistic missile strikes overnight left five Ukrainian regions without electricity and wounded five people in Kyiv, including a 14-year-old boy, according to Sky TG24. The attacks targeted the capital's infrastructure, with explosions reported on the city's outskirts.
The same reporting says Germany has told Ukraine it cannot currently supply additional Patriot air-defence systems. Defence Minister Boris Pistorius said in an interview with the Berliner Morgenpost, cited by Focus, that handing over more units would risk leaving critical gaps in Germany's own defences.
Why it matters
The two developments land together: Ukraine is losing power capacity at the moment one of its main air-defence suppliers is stepping back. President Volodymyr Zelensky said on X that Russia's ballistic campaign is continuing and that the shortage of Patriot missiles has allowed significant hits, Sky TG24 reports.
Zelensky also said Ukraine is currently generating more electricity than it consumes, but that Russian strikes on substations and transmission networks have produced serious shortfalls in Kyiv and other regions. That distinction matters: the problem is not generation alone but the grid that moves power to where it is needed.
Bridges and substations under attack
According to Sky TG24, Zelensky said Russian forces are targeting bridges across the Dnipro river, from Kyiv down to Zaporizhzhia. He said the Northern Bridge in Kyiv was hit overnight, with six ballistic missiles launched at it and four striking.
The strikes on substations and networks, rather than only power plants, point to an effort to fragment the grid. Repair crews can restore damaged equipment, but repeated attacks on the same nodes make that work harder to sustain through the winter.
A rising toll in Zaporizhzhia
Sky TG24 reports that the death toll from a Russian air raid on 2 November in the village of Komyshuvakha, in the Zaporizhzhia region, has risen to 53. Search operations are continuing at the site, where around fifty more people are still unaccounted for.
Trump claims progress, Zelensky points to the bombs
Donald Trump said he had held phone calls on the subject and had meetings scheduled for Monday and Tuesday. According to Sky TG24, he said the United States is making "a lot of progress" with Russia and Ukraine, and that both sides want to reach an agreement for the first time — one he described as very large and involving Europe.
Zelensky's account, as reported by Sky TG24, is that Moscow is negotiating while continuing to strike. The Ukrainian president said his country will be represented in several formats in November that could strengthen it: the G7, the coalition of willing countries, and the Ramstein defence meeting. He said the results of each should focus above all on air defence and energy.
Germany's Patriot dilemma
Pistorius's statement is the clearest signal yet that Berlin is weighing its own stockpiles against Kyiv's requests. Germany has been among the most significant suppliers of Patriot batteries to Ukraine, and pausing deliveries narrows the list of countries able to fill the gap at short notice.
The reporting also notes pressure from elsewhere. Helsinki has accused Washington of failing to deliver on Patriot supplies, according to Euronews, a sign that the shortage is being felt across the alliance rather than in one capital.
Political friction beyond the battlefield
Separately, Sky TG24 reports that Marine Le Pen declined an invitation from Zelensky to visit Ukraine. The French weekly L'Express published an interview in which Zelensky urged her to come and see how Ukrainians live and what they think of Vladimir Putin, saying he believed she would change her view.
Le Pen, who has not travelled to Ukraine since the war began, did not respond directly. Her associate, deputy Julien Odoul, said on LCI that the pace of the presidential campaign would not allow the trip, while adding that she would gladly meet Zelensky if he came to Paris.
Security service dismissals
Zelensky confirmed he had removed officials from the Security Service of Ukraine, describing the developments behind the decision as shameful and unacceptable, Sky TG24 reports. The move followed the suspension of a senior SBU official who, along with four others, is under investigation by the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine, according to Radio Free Europe. The bureau suspects the group of involvement in an organisation running fraudulent call centres, drug trafficking and the production of counterfeit foreign currency. Zelensky said further personnel decisions would follow.
Condolences to Poland
Zelensky also offered condolences over what he called a shocking crime in Krakow, saying there can be no justification for the attack and expressing hope that whoever was responsible is brought to justice. He wished the injured a swift recovery and said Ukraine stands with Poland. Sky TG24's reporting did not give further details of the incident.
What to watch
Attention now turns to the Ramstein meeting and the G7 and coalition formats Zelensky named for November, where Kyiv will press allies for air-defence interceptors and grid repair capacity. Whether Germany's pause proves temporary, and whether Washington moves to fill the gap, will shape how much of Ukraine's power network holds through the coming months.
