Russia tightens Ukraine energy squeeze

By Associated Press

Oct 20, 2022 12:41 am

KYIV: Russian missile strikes and shelling of energy utilities left more Ukrainian villages, towns and parts of two cities without power on Wednesday, authorities said, tightening an energy squeeze that threatens misery for millions in the coming winter.

A nearly two-week barrage of Russian attacks with missiles, self-destructing explosive drones and other weaponry on Ukraine's critical infrastructure comes as Russian forces are being forced back on the ground.

THE COST OF CONFLICT Ukrainian soldiers carry the coffin of one of their own, who died while fighting Russian troops in the Saints Peter and Paul Garrison Church, en route for burial in the western city of Lviv on Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2022. AFP PHOTO

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