KyivUkraine intercepted 4 of 36 Russian ballistic missiles.
Heat and water faltered in a city of 3 million as temperatures neared zero.
Russia hit substations carrying power from 2 nuclear plants and damaged the Northern Bridge, Ukraine’s Energy Ministry said.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy also blames city hall’s winter preparations, which Mayor Vitali Klitschko rejects.
Ukrainian and Russian officials meet in Abu Dhabi for three-way talks within days.
How each outlet framed it
drawn from 200+ reports worldwide
- Bloomberg Business leans critical
- TRT World leans critical
- ties the strike damage to a dispute between Zelenskyy and Klitschko over Kyiv's winter heating preparations
- CBC News leans critical
- emphasizes that 32 of 36 ballistic missiles got through, and that strikes hit power lines feeding two nuclear plants to Kyiv
Sources: Bloomberg Business, TRT World, CBC News