Ukraine blackout

A coordinated wave of Russian missile and drone attacks struck Ukraine on Saturday, hitting the capital Kyiv and the industrial hubs of Dnipro and Kharkiv, as well as a number of smaller towns in the surrounding regions. The barrage caused extensive damage to electrical substations and transmission lines, plunging large...

Ukrainian authorities reported that a coordinated wave of Russian missile and drone attacks struck the capital, Kyiv, as well as the major regional centres of Dnipro and Kharkiv on Thursday evening. The assaults, which also hit several smaller towns in the surrounding oblasts, caused extensive damage to the electrical grid,...