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Update: Russia launches heaviest energy attack on Ukraine in months; Kyiv faces emergency power cuts
Russia hit Ukrainian power facilities around Kyiv and other regions on Wednesday in what Ukrainian officials called the heaviest combined attack on energy sites in months, Reuters reported, with officials saying seven people were killed, including a child. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the assault included nearly 190 drones and ballistic missiles aimed mainly at energy infrastructure in Kyiv and Kyiv Oblast; Ukrenergo imposed emergency power cuts in Kyiv and three surrounding regions — the first such measure in the capital since spring, Reuters said. By evening, Ukraine's Energy Ministry said emergency outages also covered Chernihiv and Zhytomyr oblasts, and presidential adviser Serhii Beskrestnov said Russia used for the first time a jet-powered drone with a shaped-charge warhead designed to cut high-voltage pylons, the Kyiv Independent reported.
- ReutersRussia attacks Ukrainian energy grid, forcing power cuts as winter looms
- Kyiv IndependentRussia strikes Ukrainian pylon with steel-cutting drone for 1st time, as power outages hit 3 regions