The Russian military under new leadership is upping the anti….
More attacks on the capital city Kyiv….
Attacks on Ukraine energy structure’s….
Detains more members of the Ukraine nuclear plant….
The Russian’s may close down the shipment of Ukraine grain which has NOT helped Russia make money…
Ukraine troops have slowed their push in the Donetsk region as hastily Russian drafted troops replenish their strength…
Iranian supplied drones have been raining down across the Ukraine….
Ukrainan’s are more resolute…
From towns near frontline battlefields to high-rises in the capital, Ukrainians were trying to conserve energy as President Volodymyr Zelensky warned on Tuesday that Russian attacks over the past eight days had destroyed 30 percent of Ukraine’s power stations and caused “massive blackouts across the country.”
Here’s what we know:
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.”
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Bottled water and rolling blackouts are part of daily life amid the attacks.
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Brussels proposes further emergency measures to address Europe’s mounting energy crisis.
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Denmark says ‘powerful explosions’ caused the Nord Stream pipeline leaks.
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Russian forces detain two more senior officials at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, Ukraine says.
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The death toll in a military jet crash in southern Russia rises to 14.
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Russia threatens to block an extension of the Ukraine grain deal.
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After a barrage of Russian missile and drone strikes, the residents of Kyiv show resolve….
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After chasing retreating Russian troops across a stretch of rolling hills and forests for a month, Ukrainian troops in the eastern Donbas region have slowed almost to a halt. And in recent days, Russian reinforcements have rushed to the front line, attempting a counterattack to break Ukraine’s momentum.
Moscow is waging war on two fronts, one on the battlefield, where it has sustained steady losses, including in the Donbas region, the main focus of its invading force since April….
About 70 percent of Ukrainians are determined to keep fighting until their country wins the war against Russia, according to a Gallup poll conducted in early September amid strong Ukrainian counteroffensives that recaptured land in the south and east. The majority of Ukrainians backing the war — 91 percent — defined victory as retaking all territories seized by Russia since 2014, including Crimea, Gallup said.
Here’s the latest on the war and its ripple effects across the globe.
Key developments
- Russia targeted Ukraine’s civilian infrastructure again Tuesday morning, killing at least one person in Kyiv, according to the country’s largest private electricity producer. A power facility in Kyiv was hit three times, a presidential aide said. And in the western city of Zhytomyr, far from the front lines, the mayor said residents had no running water or electricity. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said 30 percent of the country’s power stations have been destroyed since Oct. 10.
- The Gallup poll shows strong support for fighting until victory in the capital, Kyiv, (83 percent) and western Ukraine (82 percent). But there is less enthusiasm in the east (56 percent) and in the south (58 percent), where the front lines are. Twenty-six percent said the Ukrainian government should negotiate an end to the fighting as quickly as possible.
- The death toll from a Russian fighter-bomber crash in Russia rose to 13, the Russian Emergency Situations Ministry reported Tuesday morning. The Russian Su-34 aircraft crashed into a residential building Monday near the Russian city of Krasnodar, about 120 miles east of Crimea.
Battleground updates
- A 55-year-old man died after Russian forces shelled a residential building in Mykolaiv, the city’s mayor said Tuesday morning. The southern city is one of more than 35 settlements to have come under fire from missile, air and rocket attacks in the past 24 hours, according to Kyiv officials.
- Monday’s kamikaze drone strikes in Kyiv killed at least five people, including a pregnant woman, Mayor Vitali Klitschko reported. Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry accused Iran of supplying Russia with the drones, and the Defense Ministry said Tuesday morning that more than 40 Iranian-made Shahed-136 attack drones had been deployed by Russia in the past 24 hours. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov denied knowledge of Russia using Iranian drones.
- The “heightened tempo” of Russia’s attacks since last week is probably intended to cause widespread damage to Ukraine’s energy network, according to Britain’s Ministry of Defense. Russia has “highly likely gained a greater willingness to strike civilian infrastructure” in addition to military targets, it said in a Tuesday morning tweet.
- The European Union on Monday approved a plan to train thousands of Ukrainian troops in Europe. French navy Vice Adm. Hervé Bléjean will oversee the two-year, $105 million program….