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Russian strikes hit multiple Ukrainian power plants on Oct 11, after US President Donald Trump said both sides had agreed to stop hitting each other's energy infrastructure; Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky said a drone hit a Kyiv power plant and that there had been a strike on the CHP-5 plant in Kharkiv. A fresh Houthi strike hit Riyadh's international airport on Oct 11, a day after an attack claimed by the group killed at least a dozen people and forced the authorities to suspend operations there. Pakistan's president declared a state of emergency and suspended the provincial government of Imran Khan's party in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and British Prime Minister Andy Burnham said Russia interfered in the 2016 Brexit vote.
Why it matters: The reported strikes test the claimed energy ceasefire and bear on the briefing's energy security theme, while Houthi attacks on Saudi transit hubs raise risks to Gulf infrastructure.