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Russia launches 433 drones at Ukraine overnight, leaving 'hundreds of thousands of families' without power; Zelenskyy and Erdogan agree to work on a new Black Sea grain corridor
Ukraine's Air Force said it downed 371 of the 433 drones Russia launched overnight into Nov. 1, with strikes recorded at 16 locations, and regional officials said Russian attacks killed one person and injured at least 47 over the past day, the Kyiv Independent reported. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said energy infrastructure in at least four regions was hit and that "hundreds of thousands of families remain without electricity," and DTEK introduced emergency power outages in Kyiv. Separately, Zelenskyy said after talks in Istanbul that he had agreed with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to work on a new Black Sea grain corridor, Anadolu reported.
Sources
- Kyiv IndependentRussian attacks kill 1, injure 47 over past day, leaving hundreds of thousands without electricity
- Anadolu AgencyMorning Briefing: Nov. 1, 2026