Blackouts and water shortages in Kyiv after Russia strikes Ukraine’s energy grid

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Russia launched 172 drones and 36 ballistic missiles at Ukrainian energy infrastructure, causing blackouts and water shortages in Kyiv and damaging a bridge over the Dnipro River. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Moscow was trying to plunge the capital and the country into darkness even as peace talks were being prepared.

Moscow used 172 drones and 36 ballistic missiles in attacks on electricity substations and bridge over the Dnipro Volodymyr Zelenskyy has accused Russia of trying to “plunge Kyiv and the entire country into a blackout”, following a major attack overnight on energy infrastructure in the capital and a bridge over the Dnipro River. Ukraine’s president said Moscow’s preparations for peace talks next week involved pummelling a city of millions with ballistic missiles. Continue reading...