Power cuts as Russian missiles pound Ukraine's energy grid

17/11/2024 09:11 France 24

Russia on Sunday pummelled Ukraine with one of the largest barrages of the grinding near-three-year war, Ukrainian officials said, forcing power cuts with fears of a precarious winter to come. FRANCE 24's Gulliver Cragg reports from Kyiv.

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