Russian strikes force Ukraine's nuclear plants to cut output

According to Ukrinform, reporting at 13:12 on 4 November, the ministry said a return to full capacity would be gradual as damaged grids are repaired. One of the targets was a high-voltage substation critical to the stable operation of the Khmelnytskyi nuclear plant. The ministry reported scheduled hourly outages in most regions on 4 November and emergency outages in Kyiv, Kyiv region and Kharkiv. The size of the output cut in megawatts was not disclosed and could not be verified.

According to the Kyiv Independent, the 3 November attack was the largest on energy infrastructure this year. The city water utility, Kyivvodokanal, said the city's water supply was effectively cut off entirely when its pumps lost power. Residents went without water for more than 24 hours; earlier outages had lasted a few hours. The system stabilised on the afternoon of 4 November, and pressure took several more hours to return to normal.

Yatsuk, director of the Institute of Water Problems and Land Reclamation, said this was the most serious water outage in Kyiv since the start of the war. Kharchenko of the Energy Industry Research Centre recalled that January's strikes had crippled output at Kyiv's 3 combined heat and power plants. The sources did not give the number of missiles and drones used in the attack.