Ukraine’s power grid hammered as Russia unleashes a record strike this winter

Russia fired more than 70 ballistic/cruise missiles and 450 drones at Ukraine’s energy infrastructure, delivering the year’s most powerful blows to the grid and leaving Kyiv with widespread heating outages as temperatures plunged. Ukraine intercepted about 38 missiles, but many hit targets, including a Kharkiv power plant and two DTEK plants in Odesa, marking the ninth major attack on the sector since October. Zelensky denounced the strikes as terror and pressed for greater international pressure while authorities scramble to repair a fragile system amid civilian hardship.