Russia targets Kyiv power supply as freezing winter approaches

KYIV: Russia hit Ukrainian energy infrastructure in a wave of deadly drone and missile strikes on Wednesday, prompting an urgent call for civil contingencies as freezing winter approaches. Kyiv said it was Moscow’s opening salvo in an expected campaign to try to knock out heating and power as the temperature plunges — a tactic it has deployed throughout the grinding conflict. At least four people were killed in and around Kyiv, including a young child found under the rubble of a demolished re