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Missile strikes resume against Kyiv as winter deepens strain on Ukraine’s power system
Russian forces renewed ballistic strikes on Kyiv and other population centers after a short lull, inflicting fresh damage on residential and transport infrastructure. The attacks coincide with extreme cold, compounding stress on thermal generation, supply chains and emergency repairs and aggravating power outages elsewhere including Odesa and Kharkiv.

Russian Strikes Expand to Odesa, Deepening Assault on Ukraine’s Power Grid
A fresh wave of Russian attacks struck Odesa, cutting into Ukraine’s energy network and signaling a broader campaign to degrade civilian infrastructure. The strikes complicate recovery efforts, raise humanitarian risks, and increase pressure on Ukraine’s defense and international partners to respond with additional air defenses and grid resilience support.

US aims for a June resolution as strikes cripple Ukraine’s power network
U.S. envoys have invited Kyiv and Moscow to talks on U.S. soil with a compressed timetable that aims to reach a settlement by June, Kyiv says. The diplomatic window opens as intensified Russian strikes — including a large combined drone-and-missile assault hitting Kyiv, Dnipro and Odesa — further damaged substations and thermal plants, forcing rolling outages, emergency requests for power from Poland and urgent international offers of materiel support.

Briefings Indicate Cyber Operations Played a Role in Maduro Extraction, Exposing Venezuela Grid Fragility
U.S. officials told reporters that cyber tools were used to disrupt Caracas power and degrade air-defense radars during the January 3 extraction of President Nicolás Maduro. Analysts say the episode underscores how degraded energy infrastructure and multi-domain tactics magnify the effects of limited digital intrusions.
US Winter Storms Expose Grid Fragilities as Renewables Face Blame and Fossil Fuels Take Scrutiny
A sequence of winter storms has strained regional electricity systems, prompting public debate that often misattributes outages to intermittent renewables. Analysts point to aging fossil-fuel infrastructure, rising demand driven by data centers and heating loads, and climatic shifts as the primary drivers of increased blackout risk.

Russian-linked strike cripples control hardware across Polish energy sites
A cyber operation attributed to Russian-aligned actors disrupted communications and supervisory equipment at about 30 Polish distributed energy locations, permanently damaging some field controllers. While no widespread outages occurred thanks to local protections, the campaign exposed critical vulnerabilities in remote telemetry and raises recovery, supply-chain, and resilience concerns for distributed energy systems.

U.S. says Moscow consented to a one-week halt of strikes on Ukrainian cities amid winter blackout risk
President Trump announced that Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed to suspend attacks on major Ukrainian urban centers for one week to shield vulnerable energy systems during severe winter weather. The claim is unverified by Moscow, leaves implementation uncertain, and follows recent trilateral talks in Abu Dhabi that reportedly discussed protections for energy infrastructure.
Zelensky decries drone attack after passenger carriage is struck in Kharkiv region
A Russian drone struck a passenger carriage in Kharkiv region, killing and leaving others missing, while a separate, large wave of drones hit Odesa and damaged distribution nodes and transmission lines, worsening winter outages. Analysts say the pattern targets civilian mobility and energy nodes to maximize disruption, increasing urgent needs for spare transformers, mobile generation and international resilience aid.