Russia says overnight strike hit Kyiv communications centre, energy facilities, Izmail port
Ukrainian officials said the barrage killed at least four people and restored power to 8,000 households after damage to the grid.
- On Monday, a massive Russian air attack targeting energy infrastructure across Ukraine killed seven people, including a child, and wounded more than 100 others, according to local authorities.
- Prime Minister Sergii Koretskyi said Russia is executing a winter campaign strategy, stockpiling ballistic missiles and jet-powered drones to strike electrical and heating infrastructure.
- Russia deployed 124 attack drones on Monday, 86 of which were jet-powered models, while Ukraine's Air Force reported interception rates for these new weapons dropped to 57% since June.
- The strikes caused the first emergency power cuts since spring in Kyiv and three surrounding regions, with damage reported to power plants and civilian areas in at least four districts.
- Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha described the attacks as a "deliberate" distraction from battlefield offenses, while officials expect Russia's attempts to "weaponize winter" to peak in November.
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Russia yesterday launched a massive combined attack on Ukraine's energy infrastructure, hitting the capital and three other strategic regions hard. ...
Ukraine accuses Russia of attacking the electricity and heat supply again in the run-up to the approaching winter.
Russia Has A New Plan to Doom Ukraine and Knock Them Out of the War
Russia's attacks on Kyiv are aimed less at military targets than at the systems that keep a city alive: power, heat, transport, and communications. With winter coming, every transformer knocked out is a race against the cold. The drones themselves are changing too, arriving one or two at a time to keep the city on alert for hours.
Russia begins air campaign targeting Ukrainian energy grid
Russia’s anticipated air campaign targeting Ukrainian energy infrastructure began Tuesday night into Wednesday, with drones and ballistic missiles hitting power plants and other energy infrastructure in and around Kyiv and across the rest of the country. Mass missile and drone strikes on Ukraine have become routine, but the night was unique in the choice of […]
Russia targeted Kiev's energy infrastructure in the night for the first time since last winter.
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