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Russia pounds Ukraine with missiles and drones, killing 7 and targeting power grid, Zelenskyy says

The barrage wounded 24 and damaged power facilities as Moscow intensifies strikes on Ukraine’s grid before winter, officials said.

  • A Russian missile and drone barrage killed seven people, including a child, on Wednesday while targeting energy infrastructure across Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy confirmed.
  • Prime Minister Serhii Koretskyi said officials describe the campaign as an attempt to "weaponize winter" amid escalating attacks on energy infrastructure since summer.
  • Authorities reported hits on civilian areas in at least four Kyiv districts; Tymur Tkachenko, head of the regional military administration, confirmed a boy was killed in Vyshhorod while Three other people died in the capital.
  • The Russian Defense Ministry claimed the overnight attack struck a hydroelectric plant, a thermal power plant, an electrical substation, and a data center, causing widespread power outages.
  • Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha stated Russia is intensifying terror while Moscow refuses to engage with efforts to halt fighting; Ukraine requires more Patriot air defense missiles.
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Russia pounds Ukraine with missiles and drones, killing 7 and targeting power grid, Zelenskyy says

Russia pressed its missile and drone attacks on Ukraine, killing seven people, including a child.

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In the heaviest combined attack on energy facilities in recent months, seven people died, including a child, while Kiev warns that Moscow is stepping up pressure ahead of winter.

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