5 November: emergency outages, new Carthage suspects and protests in France
Emergency outages were announced in Kyiv and four regions, NABU reported five suspects, and mass demonstrations took place in France.
On 5 November 2026, Ukraine introduced emergency electricity outages amid the consequences of Russian attacks. The National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAPO) notified five people of suspicion in Operation Carthage, while demonstrations demanding higher wages and opposing rising living costs took place in France. This is a selective roundup of verified developments during the calendar day in Kyiv time, not a comprehensive daily chronicle.
Electricity: emergency outages and network repairs
Ukrenergo announced emergency outages in Kyiv and the Kyiv, Zhytomyr, Chernihiv and Cherkasy regions. The company attributed them to difficult conditions in the power system following Russian attacks. Previously published schedules did not apply in regions where emergency outages were imposed.
DTEK specified that emergency restrictions in the capital affected parts of the Sviatoshynskyi, Shevchenkivskyi and Podilskyi districts. The company later announced emergency outages in Dnipro, but subsequently updated its statement to say those restrictions had been lifted. The accessible update does not specify the exact time they were lifted.
In its morning report for 5 November, Ukrenergo also reported customers without power in the Dnipropetrovsk, Kharkiv and Chernihiv regions following new and earlier attacks on energy infrastructure. Emergency repairs were under way wherever security conditions allowed. The company recommended conserving electricity and checking announcements from the local distribution operator.
In a TSN interview quoted by Ukrainska Pravda on 5 November, President Volodymyr Zelensky commented on residents blocking a road in Kyiv the previous day over a prolonged power outage. He said people dispersed after he contacted the interior minister and electricians were brought in to work at the site. The president demanded faster repairs and faster action by Kyivvodokanal’s management, noting that Russian attacks had damaged many power lines.
Carthage: five suspects, including security officials
On 5 November, NABU and SAPO notified five alleged members of a criminal organization of suspicion, following the announcement of its exposure the previous day. The official list comprises the organizer and a subordinate, the first deputy head of an SBU department, the head of a National Police department, and a deputy section head in the Kyiv regional police’s criminal investigation directorate. The statement does not disclose their names.
Investigators allege that, under law-enforcement protection, the organization supported fraudulent call centres targeting Ukrainians and foreign nationals, drug sales, and the production of counterfeit cigarettes and foreign currency. Investigators also allege planned assaults, abductions and bodily harm carried out in the organization’s interests.
NABU estimates that the organization included at least 12 people and says it is taking steps to notify the remaining members of suspicion. These are prosecution allegations, not findings of guilt by a court: the suspects are presumed innocent until convicted.
France: strikes took place, turnout estimates differ
Mass protests and a nationwide strike took place in France on 5 November. European Pravda reported that demonstrators demanded higher wages, opposed rising living costs and supported the student protest movement. In its daytime report, the outlet cited union figures describing marches in 73 cities.
By the evening, the CGT union estimated nationwide turnout at about 1.6 million, including 350,000 in Paris. France’s Interior Ministry reported more than 600,000 demonstrators, stressing that its estimate was preliminary. European Pravda reported both figures; they are different parties’ estimates, not a single verified count.
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