Russia unleashes heavy attack on Ukrainian energy grid as winter looms

Russia unleashed a widely anticipated air campaign against Ukraines energy grid on Wednesday hitting power facilities and infrastructure around Kyiv and other regions in the heaviest combined attack on energy sites in months The strikes in which Ukrainian officials said seven people were killed followed days of intensifying drone barrages primarily on the capital a prelude to what many Ukrainians expect to be a winter of attacks intended to plunge cities into cold and darkness when Ukraine is short of air defences