Russia Batters Ukraine With Missiles and Drones, Knocking Out Power as Winter Becomes a Weapon

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Russia has launched one of its heaviest missile and drone barrages in weeks, striking Ukraine’s power grid as winter tightens its grip. Nearly 300 drones and dozens of missiles hit eight regions overnight, killing at least four people and wounding several others. Power plants burned, leaving hundreds of thousands without electricity near Kyiv as emergency blackouts were imposed. Ukraine’s largest energy provider confirmed another major facility was hit, the eighth since October. President Volodymyr Zelensky condemned the strikes as “Russian terror” and urged allies to accelerate air defense support, warning that Moscow is using cold and darkness as weapons of war. Watch