Crimea

"1,185 substations are disconnected, 498,000 people are left without electricity," Kriyuchkov wrote on Telegram last night.
The most affected areas on the peninsula are the Black Sea, Saki, Belogorsko, Simferopol, Oktobar Bakhchisarai, Leninsky, Kriyuchkov added, reports RIA Novosti.

They formed a "consortium" for that purpose, writes The Washington Post.
The Washington Post cites intercepted emails provided to the newspaper by unnamed Ukrainian officials.

President Volodymyr Zelensky denied on Saturday that Ukraine's counter-offensive against Russian forces had hit a stalemate, as hours later Kiev said it had struck a shipyard in the Moscow-annexed Crimean Peninsula.

Russian forces shot down 36 Ukrainian drones over the Black Sea and the Crimean peninsula overnight, Moscow's Defence Ministry said Sunday.

"On the night of Oct. 29, an attempt by the Kyiv regime to carry out a terrorist attack using air-type drones against facilities on the territory of the Russian Federation was stopped," the ministry said on Telegram.

During the previous day, Russian forces repelled 29 attacks by the Ukrainian army.
The Russian army claims to have prevented an attempt by Ukrainian sabotage-reconnaissance groups to cross the Dnieper in the Kherson region.

Russian grenade production contributes to the length of the conflict

Day 548 of the invasion of Ukraine. Summary of key events in the last 24 hours:

Moscow said Tuesday it had destroyed a Ukrainian military "reconnaissance boat" near Russian gas infrastructure in the Black Sea, in the latest clash in the waterway since Moscow's withdrawal from a major grain export deal.

Russia thwarted an attack by 20 Ukrainian drones targeting Moscow-annexed Crimea overnight, the Russian Defense Ministry said Saturday.

A Russian tanker was damaged in a Ukrainian drone attack in the Kerch Strait, briefly halting traffic on the strategic bridge linking Crimea to Russia on Saturday, a day after one of Moscow's warships was hit in the Black Sea.

Day 528 of the invasion of Ukraine. Summary of key events in the last 24 hours: