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Drones Hit Kryvyi Rih During Peace Talks

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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.

The 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.

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.

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.

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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.

Drone attack leaves part of Ukraine's Kryvyi Rih without power https://t.co/tR8VVcZvfT

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Reuters / The Straits Times NAMES: Kryvyi Rih = industrial city in central Ukraine, President Zelenskiy's hometown.

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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.

Trump envoy Jared Kushner is reportedly proposing the NATO-Russia Council as a model for broader postwar security arrangements in Europe. Established after the Cold War, the council was suspended in 2014 following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and annexation of Crimea. Kushner htt

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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

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BRussia hit Kryvyi Rih with drones overnight, and the timing here is not subtle.
BPart of the city is without power. Apartment buildings, schools, kindergartens damaged.
BAnd this is happening while the first day of peace talks wraps up in Abu Dhabi.
BReuters confirms it. Ukraine's grid operator says energy infrastructure was hit in eight regions.
BThe regional council head put it plainly: "Russians are trying to freeze Kryvyi Rih."
BIt's Zelensky's hometown. An industrial city, central Ukraine. Water and sewage running on generators, heating still a real problem.
BHere's what gets me. Rubio says the talks were "very productive."
BAnd Moscow is pounding civilian infrastructure on the same day. That's the message they're sending.
BThe message is: we'll negotiate while we freeze your cities. Same playbook as last winter.
BAt least two people killed in Vinnytsia region. Ten regions hit, five major electrical substations.
BI'm skeptical this ceasefire talk goes anywhere while that's the posture. But what's the alternative?
BThe alternative is what we've been watching for three years. More of this.
BI know. And the Trump team's trying to actually change the math. That means talking even while the bombs fall.
BBut it also means Moscow gets to negotiate with a gun to the table.
BThey always have. That's what they do.
BAnd every time we talk, they hit harder. There's no consequence for them. That's my problem.
BSo you'd walk away from the table? Because that's the consequence of your position.
BNo, but I'd make it clear this kind of strike means the talks get harder, not easier.
BHonestly, I think that's a fantasy. Putin doesn't care what we signal. He cares what we do.
BAnd what have we done in the last five years that made a difference?
BWe armed the Ukrainians. That's not nothing.
BBut here we are. Kryvyi Rih is in the dark right now.
BBecause he keeps coming. Look, I'm not saying the talks are perfect. I'm saying the status quo is worse.
BKryvyi Rih is going to be a very cold place this week. That's the status quo too.
BFair. And it should be front of mind for everyone in that room.
BMeanwhile, the air cover for the Ukrainian talks is getting thinner back home.
BLet's move on to something that isn't going to give you an ulcer.
BRobert Reich on Bluesky posted a three-point plan to beat the 'corporate takeover.'
BBreak up monopolies, build union power, end Citizens United.
BIt's a political wish list dressed as analysis.
BI give him credit for clarity. That's three concrete things, no 'raise consciousness.'
BBut 'end Citizens United' means amending the Constitution. Good luck with that.
BWhich is also exactly why it's not a plan. It's a banner.
BAnd 'break up corporate monopolies' assumes the government knows which ones are breaking the law.
BThey usually figure it out after the company already owns the market.
BSo what do you make of it, as a message?
BIt's the same message he's been selling for thirty years. And it got him 1,400 likes on Bluesky.
BThere's an audience for it. But 'unrig the system' is not new.
BIt's evergreen. That's why he keeps saying it.
BAll right, we've got a quick turnaround on markets before the hour.
BBut one more thing. There's noise on the left about Hakeem Jeffries and his value to the caucus.
BElizabeth Spiers on Bluesky asked who failed, for those who said his value was keeping members in line.
BThat's after a bad midterm result. Somebody has to take the fall.
BBut here's the thing: every leader's value is 'keeping members in line' until they lose.
BAnd then it's not value, it's discipline theater.
BShe's asking a real question, though. If not Jeffries, then who? And what exactly would they do better?
BThat's the part nobody on Bluesky wants to answer.
BThe answer is always 'someone who agrees with me more.'
BUntil that person loses, and then they're the next who failed.
BWelcome to politics.
BThat's the show at 7:40 Eastern. Back at the top of the hour with headlines.

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