UN commission: Russia's strikes on Ukraine's power grid are crimes against humanity
A UN commission has found that Russia's strikes on Ukraine's power grid amount to crimes against humanity. Overnight, missiles hit a Kyiv university campus and the Southern Bridge.
A UN commission investigating the situation in Ukraine has concluded that Russia's strikes on Ukraine's power grid constitute crimes against humanity. The finding comes on 28 October 2026, day 1707 of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. It is a significant international assessment of attacks on civilian infrastructure that supplies people with electricity.
Strikes on Kyiv
According to the source, Russian missiles hit a university campus in Kyiv, Ukraine's capital, and the city's Southern Bridge in two overnight waves. The source gives no details on the extent of damage or on any casualties, so none are reported here.
Ceasefire around Oleshky
Separately, the source says a ceasefire around the occupied town of Oleshky began earlier than planned. It does not describe the terms of the ceasefire, how long it is meant to last or which parties are involved.
The source text is very brief and contains no quotations or further details about the commission's findings. What is clear is that the commission's assessment of the attacks on the energy grid and the new strikes on Kyiv appear together in a single daily roundup of the war.
