Russia launches major attack on Ukraine’s energy grid, causing power cuts
Russia launched its heaviest combined assault on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure in months on Wednesday, killing seven people and triggering emergency power cuts in Kyiv and nearby regions. The strikes came as officials warned of a difficult winter as Russian forces target power and heating systems.
Ukraine is calling on the United States to impose sanctions on suppliers of Russia's Rassvet satellite internet network, as part of the recently enacted Lindsey O. Graham sanctions law, according to a report by the Associated Press on September 30. Denys Sienik, Ukraine's charge d'affaires in Washington, revealed that companies currently developing Rassvet have no sanctions, but those creating the network's components do.
Sienik expressed concern that once Russia completes the satellite constellation, Moscow could potentially utilize the network to gather real-time intelligence for strikes against Ukraine.
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