Russian strikes damage Ukraine's power grid ahead of Abu Dhabi talks

Russia launched a fresh wave of attacks on Ukraine, firing over 30 ballistic missiles and 170 drones, injuring nine people including a child and damaging critical infrastructure ahead of trilateral talks in Abu Dhabi next week. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Moscow was targeting critical infrastructure as winter begins, with disruptions to electricity, water, and heating in Kyiv. Strikes hit substations connecting nuclear plants to the capital, while power cuts affected five regions. The attacks follow US First Lady Melania Trump hosting Russian and Ukrainian delegations at the White House, where she called for a more enduring ceasefire. A recent truce in Kherson allowed evacuations from Oleshky, though a separate glide bomb strike near Zaporizhzhia killed 55 people.