Russia escalates strikes on Ukraine; Kyiv blackout persists amid intelligence questions

Russia's escalating strikes on Kyiv have left the capital in a large-scale blackout with at least three dead and hundreds of thousands without power, while questions persist over whether the United States withheld intelligence warnings ahead of the attacks. Ukraine has accused Washington of helping Russia as missiles continue to hit the capital, a claim now echoed by Arab News.

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  1. Ukraine accuses the United States of helping Russia as missiles hit Kyiv, The Hindu reports
  2. TASS reports all three Kyiv thermal power plants and the region's largest energy facility damaged, with electricity and water shortages expected
  3. Rescue operations completed at site of Russian missile strike in Kharkiv
  4. CBS News reports US may have withheld warnings to Ukraine on deadly Kyiv strikes
  5. Survivors rescued from Kyiv building after deadly Russian strike
  6. Zelensky adviser says SpaceX restricted Starlink terminal speeds, hampering defence against Russian jet drones
  7. Russian drone kills car driver in Kharkiv region; nine injured over past day
  8. 600,000 people left without electricity after strikes on Kyiv power plants
  9. Trump says US still sharing intelligence with Ukraine despite attacks coming without warnings
  10. Russian forces attack three districts in Kyiv region, damaging 22 objects
  11. Kyiv plunged into large-scale blackout after Russian strikes
  12. Death toll from Russian attack on Kyiv rises to three, with 22 injured including a child
  13. Ukrainian official says Kyiv's thermal power plants were the main target of the overnight attack
  14. Russian forces strike Ukrsibbank ATM data centre in Kyiv, saying it served Ukrainian military intelligence
  15. Russian Defence Ministry says its forces struck Kyiv's thermal power plant
  16. Russian strikes kill one and hit energy facilities in Kyiv, mayor says
  17. Russian Defence Ministry reports massive overnight strike with precision weapons and long-range drones on targets in Kyiv city and the Kyiv and Kharkiv regions
  18. Russian missile attack on Kyiv kills one and hits a major power plant
  19. Interfax-Ukraine reports a week of Russian strikes hit Epicentr malls in Chernihiv and Dnipro and destroyed a logistics hub in Khmelnytskyi region
  20. Zelensky accuses Russia of violating the energy ceasefire after a missile attack on Kyiv
  21. Russia reported to hit Kharkiv while sparing the grid as Ukraine pauses refinery strikes
  22. Russia reported to have built new drone base in Millerovo for jet-drone launches at Kyiv and western regions
  23. Zelensky says Western allies again failed to warn Ukraine before ballistic strike on Kyiv
  24. Russian strike on university in Rivne injures 25; ballistic missiles hit Kyiv
  25. Russian aerial bombs kill seven, including three children, in Zaporizhzhia region
  26. Renewed Russian strikes on power infrastructure push Kyiv residents to consider leaving as winter nears
  27. Russian strike on two buses in Kramatorsk kills 33, per Ukraine's State Emergency Service
  28. At least two killed in fire in Kyiv after massive strikes
  29. Russia carries out massive overnight strike on Kyiv and six regions, targeting missile and drone plants
  30. Russian guided bombs hit Kharkiv, killing three and injuring over 30
  31. Russian forces strike Kyiv's Northern bridge across the Dnipro
  32. Russian Defence Ministry announces plans to intensify strikes on Kyiv and other regions
  33. Russian Foreign Ministry pledges to continue massive strikes on Kyiv, urges foreign diplomats to leave

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