Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelensky, has met with Kadri Simson, European Union commissioner for energy affairs, telling her that Russian forces have “seriously damaged” about 40% of Ukraine’s energy infrastructure. Because of the attacks, Ukraine has been forced to stop exports of electricity to Europe.

Vitali Klitschko, the mayor of Kyiv, is getting ready to open about 1,000 public points of heating for city residents.

Dmytro Kuleba, Ukraine’s minister of foreign affairs, has described Russia’s attacks on Ukraine’s critical infrastructure as “genocide”.

The Russian occupying government in the Kherson oblast has moved its administration further south to Skadovsk, the general staff of the Ukrainian armed forces has said. Russia told civilians to leave an area along the eastern bank of the Dnieper River.

Russian forces launched four missile and 26 airstrikes, and carried out 27 multiple launch rocket system attacks on more than 20 settlements, the general staff of the Ukrainian armed forces said.

The Ukrainian armed forces said its attack on Russian ammunition depots in the Zaporizhzhia oblast on 29 October destroyed five units of military equipment, killed 30 Russian personnel and wounded at least 100.