Russia says overnight strike hit Kyiv communications centre, energy facilities, Izmail port

Evidence of the very real trauma of war in Ukraine

Overnight on Wednesday, which marked 1,680 days since Vladimir Putin launched his full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Russia unleashed a heavy barrage of strikes against energy infrastructure in Kyiv and other major cities. As weather forecasters predict freezing overnight temperatures in coming days, many suspect this is the beginning of a campaign to knock out Ukraine’s grid and leave people in the cold and darkness as winter approaches. The Ukrai…

Russia launches major attack on Ukraine's energy grid as winter looms

Emergency power cuts are in operation and some public transport systems are suspended after heavy strikes across the country.

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 […]