Zelensky Says Russia Moved Troops Into Oleshky During Ceasefire

Volodymyr Zelensky went on the offensive Sunday, accusing Russia of quietly beefing up its presence in Oleshky while a ceasefire was supposed to be in force. In a Telegram post, Ukraine's president said the Russian Army carried out 'a significant rotation of personnel and equipment' in the southern town, part of Kherson Oblast. He added that 'additional forces of the occupier were deployed to Oleshky and the surrounding community.'

The accusation lands on a ceasefire that Kyiv clearly sees as one-sided. Zelensky said Ukraine's Armed Forces command must now present proposals for additional protection of life in Kherson from what he described as Russian terror. He also held an online meeting with the heads of all regional administrations, running through the situation across the whole country.

The Oleshky claim is the latest flashpoint in a war that keeps bleeding past the front lines. Russia struck energy facilities in the Dnipropetrovsk region overnight, Ukrainian power company DTEK said, leaving more than 600,000 Ukrainians without electricity on Sunday. DTEK reported damage to important energy facilities and said crews were scrambling to restore power in Pavlohrad, Samariv, Kamian, Dniprovsky districts and the city of Dnipro, with repeated attacks complicating the work.

The Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, under Russian control, also lost external power Sunday and flipped to backup diesel generators, according to the plant's press service and Ukrainian nuclear company Energoatom. Energoatom said the last remaining operational 330 kV line, 'Ferosplavna-1,' dropped offline and an automatic re-energize attempt failed, calling the situation a critical threat.

Ukraine's Air Force reported that Russia fired three Kh-59/69 guided missiles from the Sea of Azov and 164 drones from multiple directions, including Orel, Kursk, Millerovo and Primorsko-Akhtarsk, as well as occupied Donetsk and Crimea's Gvardiyske region. Ukrainian defenses shot down or suppressed 137 of the drones, the military said.

Diplomacy is still grinding forward. France's Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot told RTL on Sunday that European representatives will attend peace negotiations on Ukraine set for Abu Dhabi on November 10 and 11, saying 'the Europeans will be well represented' and that France will take part. That follows Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov's claim that the Abu Dhabi talks would run in a trilateral format focused on security issues.