{"id":"1794357438495-news-segment","slug":"drones-hit-kryvyi-rih-during-peace-talks","title":"Drones Hit Kryvyi Rih During Peace Talks","summary":"Russia launched mass drone strikes on Ukrainian energy infrastructure overnight into November 10-11, hitting 10 regions and five major electrical substations. Two people were killed in Vinnytsia region. In Kryvyi Rih, part of the city lost electricity, and apartment buildings, schools and kindergartens were damaged. Water and sewage systems were being run on generators, with officials saying heating restoration would be harder. State grid operator Ukrenergo said energy infrastructure was struck in eight regions.\n\nThe strikes are part of Russia's renewed winter air campaign against Ukraine's power grid, timed as US, Russian and Ukrainian negotiators opened two days of peace talks in Abu Dhabi on November 10.\n\nA Russian drone attack on Kryvyi Rih overnight into November 11 left part of the city without power, and also damaged apartment buildings, schools and kindergartens; water and sewage were being stabilized with generators while heating remained a bigger challenge.\n\nJared Kushner is a Trump envoy involved in the Abu Dhabi talks. Reporting indicates the Trump team has floated the idea of reviving a NATO–Russia Council-style forum as part of postwar European security arrangements, but it is described as a proposal under discussion, not a formal plan. This is commentary predicting likely reactions in Brussels and conditioning traction on a ceasefire; it is not a factual claim needing verification. Opinion/commentary about House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries; no factual claim is made. Political opinion and advocacy list; no factual claim requiring a check. Personal milestone announcement about a newsletter; no factual claim. Quote and commentary; no factual claim.","publishedAt":"2026-11-11T00:37:18.495Z","channel":{"id":"news","name":"Oncast News","language":"en"},"show":"News Tonight","verification":{"status":"verified","leadVerdict":"TRUE","notes":"TRUE: A Russian drone attack on Kryvyi Rih overnight into November 11 left part of the city without power, and also damaged apartment buildings, schools and kindergartens; water and sewage were being stabilized with generators while heating remained a bigger challenge.\nSource: Reuters / The Straits Times NAMES: Kryvyi Rih = industrial city in central Ukraine, President Zelenskiy's hometown. (https://x.com/Reuters/status/2120313163996385714)\n\nMISLEADING: Jared Kushner is a Trump envoy involved in the Abu Dhabi talks. Reporting indicates the Trump team has floated the idea of reviving a NATO–Russia Council-style forum as part of postwar European security arrangements, but it is described as a proposal under discussion, not a formal plan. This is commentary predicting likely reactions in Brussels and conditioning traction on a ceasefire; it is not a factual claim needing verification. Opinion/commentary about House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries; no factual claim is made. Political opinion and advocacy list; no factual claim requiring a check. Personal milestone announcement about a newsletter; no factual claim. Quote and commentary; no factual claim.\nSource: The Washington Post / The Independent NAMES: Jared Kushner = Trump adviser and envoy; NATO-Russia Council = post-Cold War body suspended in 2014 after Russia's  (https://x.com/ThirdColumn/status/2119368557930881145)","claims":[{"verdict":"TRUE","summary":"A Russian drone attack on Kryvyi Rih overnight into November 11 left part of the city without power, and also damaged apartment buildings, schools and kindergartens; water and sewage were being stabilized with generators while heating remained a bigger challenge.","sourceName":"Reuters / The Straits Times NAMES: Kryvyi Rih = industrial city in central Ukraine, President Zelenskiy's hometown.","sourceUrl":"https://x.com/Reuters/status/2120313163996385714","claim":"Drone attack leaves part of Ukraine's Kryvyi Rih without power https://t.co/tR8VVcZvfT","author":"@Reuters"},{"verdict":"MISLEADING","summary":"Jared Kushner is a Trump envoy involved in the Abu Dhabi talks. 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Fact-check by Oncast (oncast.fm)."},"hostsSaid":[{"host":"Brian","text":"Russia hit Kryvyi Rih with drones overnight, and the timing here is not subtle."},{"host":"Bella","text":"Part of the city is without power. Apartment buildings, schools, kindergartens damaged."},{"host":"Brian","text":"And this is happening while the first day of peace talks wraps up in Abu Dhabi."},{"host":"Bella","text":"Reuters confirms it. Ukraine's grid operator says energy infrastructure was hit in eight regions."},{"host":"Brian","text":"The regional council head put it plainly: \"Russians are trying to freeze Kryvyi Rih.\""},{"host":"Bella","text":"It's Zelensky's hometown. An industrial city, central Ukraine. Water and sewage running on generators, heating still a real problem."},{"host":"Brian","text":"Here's what gets me. Rubio says the talks were \"very productive.\""},{"host":"Bella","text":"And Moscow is pounding civilian infrastructure on the same day. That's the message they're sending."},{"host":"Brian","text":"The message is: we'll negotiate while we freeze your cities. Same playbook as last winter."},{"host":"Bella","text":"At least two people killed in Vinnytsia region. Ten regions hit, five major electrical substations."},{"host":"Brian","text":"I'm skeptical this ceasefire talk goes anywhere while that's the posture. But what's the alternative?"},{"host":"Bella","text":"The alternative is what we've been watching for three years. More of this."},{"host":"Brian","text":"I know. And the Trump team's trying to actually change the math. That means talking even while the bombs fall."},{"host":"Bella","text":"But it also means Moscow gets to negotiate with a gun to the table."},{"host":"Brian","text":"They always have. That's what they do."},{"host":"Bella","text":"And every time we talk, they hit harder. There's no consequence for them. That's my problem."},{"host":"Brian","text":"So you'd walk away from the table? Because that's the consequence of your position."},{"host":"Bella","text":"No, but I'd make it clear this kind of strike means the talks get harder, not easier."},{"host":"Brian","text":"Honestly, I think that's a fantasy. Putin doesn't care what we signal. He cares what we do."},{"host":"Bella","text":"And what have we done in the last five years that made a difference?"},{"host":"Brian","text":"We armed the Ukrainians. That's not nothing."},{"host":"Bella","text":"But here we are. Kryvyi Rih is in the dark right now."},{"host":"Brian","text":"Because he keeps coming. Look, I'm not saying the talks are perfect. I'm saying the status quo is worse."},{"host":"Bella","text":"Kryvyi Rih is going to be a very cold place this week. That's the status quo too."},{"host":"Brian","text":"Fair. And it should be front of mind for everyone in that room."},{"host":"Bella","text":"Meanwhile, the air cover for the Ukrainian talks is getting thinner back home."},{"host":"Brian","text":"Let's move on to something that isn't going to give you an ulcer."},{"host":"Bella","text":"Robert Reich on Bluesky posted a three-point plan to beat the 'corporate takeover.'"},{"host":"Brian","text":"Break up monopolies, build union power, end Citizens United."},{"host":"Bella","text":"It's a political wish list dressed as analysis."},{"host":"Brian","text":"I give him credit for clarity. That's three concrete things, no 'raise consciousness.'"},{"host":"Bella","text":"But 'end Citizens United' means amending the Constitution. Good luck with that."},{"host":"Brian","text":"Which is also exactly why it's not a plan. It's a banner."},{"host":"Bella","text":"And 'break up corporate monopolies' assumes the government knows which ones are breaking the law."},{"host":"Brian","text":"They usually figure it out after the company already owns the market."},{"host":"Bella","text":"So what do you make of it, as a message?"},{"host":"Brian","text":"It's the same message he's been selling for thirty years. And it got him 1,400 likes on Bluesky."},{"host":"Bella","text":"There's an audience for it. But 'unrig the system' is not new."},{"host":"Brian","text":"It's evergreen. That's why he keeps saying it."},{"host":"Bella","text":"All right, we've got a quick turnaround on markets before the hour."},{"host":"Brian","text":"But one more thing. There's noise on the left about Hakeem Jeffries and his value to the caucus."},{"host":"Bella","text":"Elizabeth Spiers on Bluesky asked who failed, for those who said his value was keeping members in line."},{"host":"Brian","text":"That's after a bad midterm result. Somebody has to take the fall."},{"host":"Bella","text":"But here's the thing: every leader's value is 'keeping members in line' until they lose."},{"host":"Brian","text":"And then it's not value, it's discipline theater."},{"host":"Bella","text":"She's asking a real question, though. If not Jeffries, then who? And what exactly would they do better?"},{"host":"Brian","text":"That's the part nobody on Bluesky wants to answer."},{"host":"Bella","text":"The answer is always 'someone who agrees with me more.'"},{"host":"Brian","text":"Until that person loses, and then they're the next who failed."},{"host":"Bella","text":"Welcome to politics."},{"host":"Brian","text":"That's the show at 7:40 Eastern. Back at the top of the hour with headlines."}]}