Heavy Russian attack cuts power to nine Ukrainian regions including Kyiv

Russian forces pummelled Ukrainian energy facilities in a heavy overnight attack that cut power to nine regions and plunged parts of the capital Kyiv into darkness, Ukrainian officials said on Friday. At least one person was killed, a seven-year-old child in the southeast, and at least 20 people were injured in the latest Russian attack targeting Ukraine's energy facilities as another winter approaches in the war that began in February 2022. "It is precisely the civilian and energy infrastructure that is the main target of Russia's strikes ahead of the heating season," President Volodymyr Zelensky said on X. Calling for more support from Kyiv's allies, he said: "What's needed is not window dressing but decisive action – from the United...