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10:42 AM 10/19/2022 - KYIV, Ukraine — Ukraine’s Air Defense Forces say Russia attacked several regions of Ukraine with missiles on Wednesday afternoon, again targeting the country’s battered power grid as winter weather approaches.

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Michael Novakhov's favorite articles  10:42 AM 10/19/2022 Live updates | Russia-Ukraine War posted at 14:39:20 UTC   via   apnews.com KYIV, Ukraine — Ukraine’s Air Defense Forces say Russia attacked several regions of Ukraine with missiles on Wednesday afternoon, again targeting the country’s battered power grid as winter weather approaches. Authorities said Ukrainian soldiers shot down four Russian cruise missiles and 10 Iranian-made drones during the attack. Air raid sirens rang out for more than three hours in Kyiv, sending many people into the capital’s subway stations for shelter. Russian attacks have become part of daily life in the capital. Some people kept working on their computers underground, some took chairs and blankets with them. The mayor of Kyiv, Vitali Klitschko, announced that the so-called heating season — when authorities pump heat to urban buildings — will begin on Thursday, several days earlier than usual. Klitschko said the early step was being taken so that

1:28 AM 10/19/2022 - Ukraine war: Mysterious defence secretary trip to Washington amid fears of Russian escalation | Ukraine Is a Drone War: UAVs Have Changed War Forever | Jury acquits Russian analyst of lying to FBI in Trump dossier case

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Michael Novakhov's favorite articles  1:28 AM 10/19/2022 - Post Link Ukraine war: Mysterious defence secretary trip to Washington amid fears of Russian escalation posted at 04:13:03 UTC   via   news.sky.com Defence Secretary Ben Wallace is on a hastily-arranged visit to Washington to talk with his counterpart and White House officials about "shared security concerns" including Ukraine and Russia, a source and an official said. The secretive, last-minute nature of the trip and a comment by a second defence minister, James Heappey - who said the conversations that  Mr Wallace  would be having on Tuesday were "beyond belief" - suggested particularly sensitive and serious issues would be discussed. It comes as the UK, the US and other NATO allies watch  Russia 's war in  Ukraine  closely, amid concerns that  President Vladimir Putin  may escalate  his attacks  even further, possibly even resorting to a nuclear strike as his forces lose ground to western-armed Uk