Russian Missile Barrage Cuts Power and Water Across Ukraine

"KYIV, Ukraine — Russia pounded Ukraine’s energy facilities on Wednesday, as missiles rocked Kyiv and other cities, plunging large areas of the nation into darkness, shutting down water systems and cutting off power in half the neighboring country of Moldova. The attack was the widest since Nov. 15, when 100 missiles and drones rained down, and among the most devastating of the entire war. The blasts sent plumes of smoke into the skies as Ukrainian air defense systems worked to shoot down incoming rockets that Moscow has been aiming at energy installations for weeks in an effort to break Ukrainians’ will by depriving them of light and heat in the winter months. ...”

Smoke from a Russian artillery bombardment rising on Wednesday from the port of the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson, which has come under daily shelling this week from Russian positions located across the Dnipro River.

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