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The strike injured two workers at Ukraine's largest private energy company amid Russia’s broader effort to weaken Ukraine’s power grid before winter, officials said.
- Russia attacked a power substation in Kyiv Oblast overnight, injuring two DTEK workers, Kyiv regional Governor Mykola Kalashnyk said.
- Each year Russia targets Ukraine's power grid before winter, and Ukraine's energy sector has been a key battleground since the invasion more than three years ago.
- Air-Defence systems and national leaders described high-volume strikes and interceptions, with Ukraine's air force saying it intercepted or jammed 103 of 118 Russian drones overnight, while President Volodymyr Zelenskyy reported over 3,100 drones, 92 missiles, and around 1,360 glide bombs launched last week.
- Friday's strikes wounded at least 20 people and caused blackouts, and Prime Minister Yuliia Svyrydenko called them `one of the largest concentrated strikes` against Ukraine's energy infrastructure.
- Talks about providing long-range precision weapons are underway as Zelenskyy discusses Tomahawk cruise missiles and ATACMS tactical ballistic missiles with US officials, while the Kremlin voices `extreme concern`.
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Russia attacks Ukraine’s power grid as Moscow worries over US
Russia attacked Ukraine’s power grid overnight, part of an ongoing campaign to cripple Ukrainian energy infrastructure before winter, and expressed “extreme concern” over the US potentially providing Tomahawk cruise missiles to Ukraine. Kyiv regional Gov. Mykola Kalashnyk said two employees of Ukraine’s largest private energy company DTEK were wounded in Russian strikes on a
Russia targets Ukraine's power grid as Moscow expresses 'extreme concern' over long-range U.S. weapons
Kyiv regional Governor Mykola Kalashnyk said two employees of Ukraine’s largest private energy company were wounded in the strikes. Ukraine’s Energy Ministry also said that infrastructure was also targeted in the regions of Donetsk, Odesa and Chernihiv.
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Independent EspañolRussia attacked Ukraine's power grid overnight as part of an ongoing campaign to cripple Ukraine's energy infrastructure ahead of winter, and expressed "extreme concern" about the possibility of the United States providing missiles...
Today, October 12, Russian troops once again attacked the energy infrastructure facilities of Kyiv region.
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