Russian Drone Attacks Target Nizhny Novgorod Refinery, While Russian Strikes Cut Power Across Ukraine

Russian authorities reported that over 100 drones were destroyed in a massive overnight attack on its Nizhny Novgorod region on November 1, causing significant damage to an industrial enterprise, identified by Ukrainian media as the LukOil refinery and a power plant. Concurrently, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy accused Moscow of striking energy infrastructure in four Ukrainian regions overnight, leaving hundreds of thousands without power. The Ukrainian military also claimed to have targeted the Russian state-owned Kombinat Kamensky chemical and defense enterprise in the Rostov region on October 31, an attack confirmed by Zelenskyy on November 1. Ukrainian air defenses reportedly shot down 371 of 433 Russian drones launched on November 1.