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[Kyiv is bracing for its worst winter since the full-scale war began]

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from The lights in Ukraine’s capital city are failing as Russian missiles pound its power plants. The mood is darkening too. Kyiv is bracing for its worst winter since the full-scale war began as a relentless campaign of Russian missile and drone strikes systematically dismantles Ukraine's energy infrastructure. Following a failed energy ceasefire proposal on October 11, Russia has executed over 170 attacks targeting critical power grids, turning the capital into a front-line city characterized by daily blackouts, frozen transit, and looming utility failures. [ 1 , 2 ] Current Impact on Daily Life Grid Collapse: Widespread strikes have severely damaged dozens of substations and critical generation plants—including Combined Heat and Power Plants 4 and 5 and the Trypillya Thermal Power Plant—leaving hundreds of thousands of households without electricity. [ 1 , 2 ] Transit Paralysis: Rolling emergency blackouts have repeatedly paralyzed the Kyiv Metro system, trapping commuters i...

Elon Musk Says Ukraine Violated Starlink’s Rules

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The comments came after the disruption in the country’s satellite service. Earlier, Ukraine said drones using Starshield, the Pentagon-funded service, were back to normal speeds. Ukrainian soldiers operated a drone over Russian-occupied territory from   the  Zaporizhzhia region in 2023.  Lynsey Addario for The New York Times Credit... Sheera Frenkel reported from San Francisco. Siobhan O’Grady and Liubov Sholudko reported from Kyiv, Ukraine Published Oct. 24, 2026 Updated Oct. 25, 2026, 5:28 a.m. E Original article contains links Elon Musk weighed in on Saturday with his first explanation of the disruptions to the Ukrainian military’s satellite system, saying in a post on X that Ukraine had violated the terms of service for his Starlink internet service by using it “for offensive drone strikes to kill people.” Mr. Musk, 55, added that his company SpaceX, which operates the Starlink satellite system, had closed the “loophole” last week, though he offered few specifics. ...