Russia launches 193 drones at Ukraine overnight as a guided-bomb strike on Izium kills one and injures 27

Russia launched 193 strike drones at Ukraine from 6pm on Sunday 1 November, Ukraine's Air Force said, and guided-bomb strikes on the city of Izium the next morning killed one person. This report draws on Kyiv Post, DW (Ukrainian service), Interfax-Ukraine, NV and Ukrainska Pravda. ## The overnight attack Ukrainian air defences downed or suppressed 154 of the drones, and hits were recorded at 26 locations, with debris falling at nine more, according to preliminary Air Force data as of 8am on Monday, Kyiv Post and DW report. Russia used Shahed-type drones, 75 of them jet-powered, as well as Gerbera drones and decoys. ## Izium Between 8.50am and 9.10am local time on Monday (5.20pm to 5.40pm ACDT), Russian forces struck Izium in Kharkiv region with guided aerial bombs, the city military administration said, Kyiv Post reports. "One person was killed, and 27 were injured. Among them are an 11-year-old boy and a 10-year-old girl," Kharkiv regional police said on Monday afternoon, Interfax-Ukraine reports; earlier counts were lower. Damage to high-voltage lines left the whole city without electricity, Ukrainska Pravda and Kyiv Post report. Police have opened a war-crimes investigation, Interfax-Ukraine reports. ## Power and water In the Odesa region five people were injured and a DTEK Odesa Grids energy facility was hit, the regional governor said, Kyiv Post and DW report. A drone attack damaged an energy facility in the Bila Tserkva district of Kyiv region, DW reports, and the city of Bila Tserkva lost its water supply, Kyiv Post reports. Ukrenergo ordered emergency power cuts in Kyiv region, NV and DW report.