Russian strikes leave 550,000 Ukrainian households without power

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The strikes mark a significant escalation in Russia’s campaign against Ukraine’s energy infrastructure as winter approaches. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was meeting US and European officials in Norway amid worsening tensions with Washington over military and satellite support, while reports indicated that US intelligence cooperation with Kyiv had been paused. The attacks threaten civilian power supplies and could intensify diplomatic pressure on the United States and European governments to reinforce Ukraine’s air defenses and energy system.

Sources: ABC News, The Independent, CNN, Euronews