Russian strikes on Ukraine's power grid kill 8, cut electricity to over a million

Russian overnight strikes across nine Ukrainian regions killed at least eight people and cut power to more than one million, officials said.

• Ukrainian officials reported at least eight dead and 60 wounded, with strikes hitting nine regions including Kharkiv, Kramatorsk, Volyn, and Rivne.
• The UN humanitarian office said electricity and water supply were cut in 11 regions, including about 270,000 households in Volyn.
• UN human rights monitors recorded 328 civilians killed and 2,105 wounded in September, an 85 percent increase from a year earlier.
• Russia's military chief told President Vladimir Putin that forces had allocated assets to press the aerial campaign against Ukraine's energy system.