Russian attacks kill 5, injure 14 over past day.

Russian forces carried out attacks against nine of Ukraine's oblasts over the past day, killing at least five people and injuring at least 14, local officials reported early on Nov.

2. In Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Russian forces launched drone and artillery strikes against the Nikopol district, killing one person and injuring seven others, Governor Serhii Lysak reported. Russian attacks against Donetsk Oblast injured one person in Yelyzavetivka and another in Maksymilianivka, according to the Donetsk Oblast Military Administration.

In Kharkiv Oblast, a 61-year-old woman was injured in a Russian rocket strike against the village of Zelenyi Hai in the Izium district, Governor Oleh Syniehubov said. Russian strikes against Kherson Oblast, targeting mainly the Beryslav and Kherson districts, killed at least three people and injured four others, Governor Oleksandr Prokudin said. A 52-year-old civilian was killed in a Russian rocket strike against Mahdalynivka in Zaporizhzhia Oblast's Orikhiv district, Governor Yurii Malashko reported.

Chernihiv, Luhansk, Mykolaiv, and Sumy oblasts also came under attack, but local officials reported no casualties.

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Martin Fornusek is a news editor at the Kyiv Independent. He has previously worked as a news content editor at the media company Newsmatics and is a contributor to Euromaidan Press. He also volunteers as an editor and translator at the Czech-language version of Ukrainer.

Martin studied at Masaryk University in Brno, Czechia, holding a bachelor's degree in security studies and history and a master's degree in conflict and democracy studies.