Russia says overnight strike hit Kyiv communications centre, energy facilities, Izmail port
Ukraine said the strikes damaged power facilities and a key internet hub, with officials reporting at least 4 deaths and widespread outages.
- On Wednesday, Russia launched a massive overnight strike targeting the De Novo data centre in Kyiv, which it described as a "major internet traffic exchange hub supporting the Ukrainian armed forces," along with regional energy facilities and port infrastructure in Izmail.
- Russia claimed the targeted energy facilities supplied electricity to Ukraine's military-industrial sector and military sites, while also alleging strikes on an industrial complex used to transport military cargo and fuel.
- Ukrainian officials reported that air strikes killed three people, including a child, and injured seven others in the capital region. Russia also alleged it hit a vessel carrying military equipment in the Black Sea.
- Polish airports in Rzeszow and Lublin temporarily suspended operations due to heightened military aviation activity during the Russian attacks, disrupting regional transit.
- German Chancellor Friedrich Merz warned that air defence shortages threaten European peace ahead of winter, as Russia plans to increase its defence spending to over £150 billion next year to fund its ongoing war.
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Russia targets Kyiv power supply as freezing winter approaches
Kyiv said it was Moscow's opening salvo in an expected campaign to try to knock out heating and power as the temperature plunges -- a tactic it has deployed throughout the grinding conflict. At least four people were killed in and around Kyiv, including a young child found under the rubble of a demolished residential building, after another night of continuous air raid red alerts and repeated blasts. Sirens screamed across the city warning peopl…
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RPPIn addition to energy infrastructure, the Kremlin hit civilian infrastructure in a total of 11 regions of Ukraine
"Since the end of the winter heating season, Russia has not launched such a massive and comprehensive attack on the Ukrainian energy supply system as today," Prime Minister Serhiy Koretsky said, according to an UNN article.
The alarm sirens resounded throughout the city to call residents to take refuge in shelters and metro stations in the face of the incursion of ballistic and cruise missiles, as well as high-speed drones.
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