Russia targets Kyiv power supply as freezing winter approaches

KYIV, Sept 30: Russia hit Ukrainian energy infrastructure in a wave of deadly drone and missile strikes on Wednesday, prompting an urgent call for emergency planning as freezing winter approaches.

Kyiv said it was Moscow's opening salvo in an expected campaign to try to knock out heating and power as the temperature plunges -- a tactic it has deployed throughout the grinding conflict. 

At least four people were killed in and around Kyiv, including a young child found under the rubble of a demolished residential building, after another night of continuous air raid red alerts and repeated blasts.

Three others were killed across the country, said President Volodymyr Zelensky, who visited frontline troops and top commanders coordinating a fight-back against Russian forces in the east.�"AFP