Kyiv has found itself increasingly vulnerable. A huge attack cut power to 600,000 people there, and a Pentagon-funded satellite program appeared to be curbed without warning.

The Trump administration may have withheld intelligence warnings to Ukraine about Russian strikes that killed 6 and cut power to 600,000 people, sources say.

Trump said he had brokered a cease-fire to protect energy infrastructure in Russia and Ukraine. But Ukrainian officials say bombs kept falling overnight on gas facilities, wounding 33 people.

Russia launched dozens of ballistic missiles at Ukraine early Wednesday in one of the largest salvos of the war. Some 600,000 people were left without power in the capital, according to Ukraine’s president.

Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi attend a meeting on the sidelines of the Summit of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia (CICA), in Baku, Azerbaijan, October 14, 2026. Russian Foreign Ministry/Handout via REUTERS

Ukrainian intelligence says the Susanin system helps Geran-4s and Geran-5s use cameras to navigate the skies without a radio or satellite system.

Zelensky bood aan om de aanvallen op Russische raffinaderijen te staken, maar alleen als Moskou stopt met het aanvallen van de energie-infrastructuur van zijn land.