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Russia Pounds Kyiv Region, Kills 4, Targets Power Grid Amid Winter Onslaught Fears
- •Russia escalated its missile and drone attacks on Kyiv and surrounding areas, killing four people, including a child, and targeting critical infrastructure.
- •The attacks focused on the power grid and a key internet exchange point, intensifying pressure on Ukraine as winter approaches.
- •Ukrainian officials report Moscow is not engaging in US efforts to halt fighting, with Russia demanding a comprehensive settlement and land surrender.
- •A child was killed and three others rescued from rubble in Vyshhorod, while three more died in the capital and one near the city.
- •President Zelenskyy highlighted the need for more air defense support from foreign countries to counter Russia's ballistic missile and drone terror.
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The recent Russian missile and drone barrage against Kyiv and the wider region killed four people, including a child whose home in Vyshhorod was destroyed. In the capital itself, the attacks killed three people, wounded at least four others, and struck civilian areas across at least four districts while targeting the power grid and a key internet exchange point.
Russia has been exploiting gaps in Ukrainian air defences by deploying ballistic missiles and new jet-powered drones that are difficult to stop. Ukrainian officials noted that Moscow's intensified aerial campaign strains depleted air defences, with Kyiv facing a critical shortage of missiles for US-made Patriot systems needed to counter ballistic threats.
The Russian Defence Ministry stated that its overnight strikes successfully hit a hydroelectric power plant, a thermal power plant, an electrical substation, an energy storage facility, and a data centre. Meanwhile, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy reported that energy infrastructure in Kyiv and the surrounding region formed the main target of the difficult attack.
