Coverage dated October 17, 2022

Missiles, exploding drones again hit Ukraine's power, water

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Air strikes have again pounded energy and infrastructure facilities in Ukraine, part of an apparent quickening effort by Russia to drive Ukrainians into the cold and dark as winter bites.

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  1. WFMZ Allentown

    Missiles, exploding drones again hit Ukraine's power, water (opens WFMZ Allentown)

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    Air strikes have again pounded energy and infrastructure facilities in Ukraine, part of an apparent quickening effort by Russia to drive Ukrainians into the cold and dark as winter bites.

  2. Deutsche Welle

    Ukraine updates: Strikes target Kyiv 'power facility' (opens Deutsche Welle)

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    Three strikes have hit a power supply facility in northern Kyiv, officials said, while the northern city of Zhytomyr has been left without electricity and water due to Russian attacks. DW has the latest.

  3. The Times of Israel

    Zelensky: Russian strikes destroyed around 30% of Ukraine’s power stations in a week (opens The Times of Israel)

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    Ukrainian president says repeated targeting of energy infrastructure is a form of terror attack; some hospitals running on backup generators

  4. New York Times

    Strikes Cripple Power Stations, Forcing Ukrainians to Conserve Energy (opens New York Times)

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    President Volodymyr Zelensky said that 30 percent of Ukraine’s power stations “have been destroyed” in the past eight days, causing “massive blackouts across the country.”

  5. France 24

    Live: Ukraine endures power cuts after Russian strikes on energy plants (opens France 24)

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    Several regions of Ukraine and the capital Kyiv were experiencing power cuts after multiple strikes targeted energy facilities, local officials said Tuesday. Russian air strikes have destroyed 30 percent…

  6. The Guardian

    Russia-Ukraine war live: Zelenskiy says 30% of Ukraine’s power stations destroyed in past eight days after fresh Russian strikes (opens The Guardian)

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    Ukraine president calls Russian strikes on power supplies ‘another kind of terrorism’ after attacks hit Kyiv, Kryvyi Ri, Dnipro, Kharkiv and Mykolaiv

  7. CBS News

    Ukraine remains defiant as Russia destroys power stations and civilian homes with suicide drones and missiles (opens CBS News)

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    President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Russia's brutal tactics, killing civilians and causing blackouts, will only serve to prove Vladimir Putin's "murderous essence."

  8. Towleroad Gay News

    Zelensky: Russia Destroyed 30% Of Ukraine's Power Stations In A Week (opens Towleroad Gay News)

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    A series of Russian attacks starting early last week has "destroyed" 30% of Ukraine's power stations, resulting in "massive blackouts across the country,"

  9. Local News 8

    'Massive blackouts' as 30% of Ukraine's power stations destroyed in just over a week, Zelensky says (opens Local News 8)

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    By Sana Noor Haq, Gul Tuysuz and Uliana Pavlova, CNN Thirty percent of Ukraine’s power stations have been destroyed in just over a week, leading to “massive blackouts” across the country, President Volodymyr Zelensky said Tuesday, as the Kremlin steps up attacks on critical energy infrastructure.

  10. France 24

    Russian strikes pound Ukraine power sites (opens France 24)

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    President Volodymyr Zelensky said Tuesday that Russian strikes had destroyed about 30 percent of his country's power stations in one week, speaking hours after a fresh barrage cut electricity to cities…

  11. Washington Examiner

    Russian attacks have destroyed 30% of Ukrainian power stations, Zelensky says (opens Washington Examiner)

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    Russia’s recent targeting of Ukraine’s energy and critical infrastructure has destroyed nearly a third of their power stations, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Tuesday.

  12. PBS NewsHour

    Russian airstrikes sever power, water access across Ukraine (opens PBS NewsHour)

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    Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said nearly one-third of Ukraine’s power stations have been destroyed in the past week, causing massive blackouts.

  13. Insider

    Russian strikes wiped out 30% of Ukraine's power stations, part of a playbook to fight its infrastructure instead of its military (opens Insider)

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    Russia is hitting Ukrainian cities' power supply as it compensates for battlefield losses. One mayor said the Kremlin is trying to weaponize the cold.

  14. Al Jazeera

    Russia has destroyed 30 percent of Ukraine’s power stations: Kyiv (opens Al Jazeera)

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    President Zelenskyy says escalated attacks are causing massive blackouts across Ukraine as he rules out negotiations.

  15. Al Jazeera

    Russia ‘hits energy facility’ near Kyiv in second day of strikes (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Russian attacks hit ‘critical infrastructure’ north of Kyiv, Zhytomyr, while one person killed in raid in Mykolaiv.

  16. The Guardian

    Ukraine says 30% of its power plants destroyed in last eight days (opens The Guardian)

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    Zelenskiy says attacks on civilian infrastructure leave no space for negotiations with Putin regime

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