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Russia launches major attack on Ukraine’s energy grid, causing power cuts

Electricians restore the power grid in front of a destroyed private house where a 14-year-old was killed in an air attack in Vyshgorod.
Electricians restore the power grid in front of a destroyed private house where a 14-year-old was killed in an air attack in Vyshgorod on September 30, 2026. © Vladyslav Musiienko, AFP

Russia launched its heaviest combined assault on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure in months on Wednesday, killing seven people and triggering emergency power cuts in Kyiv and nearby regions. The strikes came as officials warned of a difficult winter amid Russian attacks on Ukraine’s power and heating infrastructure.

Russia unleashed a widely anticipated air campaign against Ukraine's energy grid on Wednesday, hitting power facilities and infrastructure around Kyiv and other regions in the heaviest combined attack on energy sites in months.

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