Ukraine scrambles for energy
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Russian foreign minister Lavrov offers face-to-face meeting with U.S. secretary of state Rubio amid ongoing Ukraine war tensions and diplomatic efforts.
KHERSON, Ukraine -- Most of the streets of Kherson are empty now. Three years after the liberation ended a nine-month Russian occupation, the city that once erupted in joy has sunk into a wary stillness — a place where daily life unfolds behind walls or underground.
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German detectives have spent three years building their case. A Ukrainian veteran could soon be in the dock.
The attack in Dnipro, Ukraine’s fourth-largest city, was part of a large Russian missile and drone barrage across the country that targeted power infrastructure.
Russia has carried out a massive aerial attack across central and eastern Ukraine, killing at least four and injuring 26 others, according to Ukrainian authorities.
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Russia and Ukraine have traded almost daily assaults on each other’s energy infrastructure as U.S.-led diplomatic efforts to stop the nearly four-year war make no impact on the battlefield.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio will travel to Canada's Niagara region this week to join the Group of Seven foreign ministers' meeting, his office said.
In all, 25 locations across Ukraine, including the capital city Kyiv, were hit, leaving many areas without electricity and heating. Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko said on Telegram that major energy facilities were damaged in the Poltava, Kharkiv and Kyiv regions, and work was under way to restore power.
The attack by Russian missiles and drones targeted the capital, Kyiv, and the large cities of Dnipro and Kharkiv, as well as several smaller municipalities.