Russia launches largest energy-grid strike in months on Kyiv, 7 dead

Russia conducted a combined missile-drone campaign against Ukraine's energy infrastructure, striking facilities in Kyiv and other regions—the most intense such attack in months. The assault follows an escalation in drone offensives and signals a deliberate prelude to a winter campaign aimed at crippling power and heating. Casualty figures are Ukrainian claims; the full extent of grid damage remains unverified.