Denis Pushilin, the top Russian-backed official in Donetsk, said an attack by Ukrainian strike drones on energy infrastructure had left roughly 500,000 people without power across several districts. Work was continuing to restore the electricity supply, Pushilin wrote on Telegram.
The governor of the Ulyanovsk region east of Moscow said an attack by a Ukrainian drone on a substation there had been repelled. There were no casualties and the power supply was unaffected, Alexei Russkikh wrote on Telegram.
(Reporting by Reuters; Editing by Guy Faulconbridge)

A handout photo made available by the press service of the 65th Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces on 16 November 2025 shows servicemen of the brigade training with the FGM-148 Javelin anti-tank missile system before taking positions on the frontline in the Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine, 15 November 2025, amid the ongoing Russian invasion. EPA/PRESS SERVICE OF THE 65TH MECHANIZED BRIGADE / HANDOUT 101551HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY/NO SALES