energy

Konotop, a city of approximately 70,000 people in Ukraine's northeastern Sumy Oblast, entered its fourth consecutive day of power outages on October 27 following Russian attacks on energy infrastructure, with no estimate for when electricity would be restored.

Russia is demanding sanctions relief from the United States as part of negotiations over a possible ceasefire covering attacks on energy infrastructure in Ukraine, according to a Kyiv Independent investigation citing Ukrainian and American officials familiar with the talks.

Russian drones struck two energy facilities operated by DTEK in Ukraine's Dnipropetrovsk Oblast in separate attacks on October 8 and 9, damaging equipment and causing a fire, the company reported.

Kyiv's subway system temporarily suspended train services and escalator operations on Oct. 8 due to a drop in voltage from external power supply sources, city authorities said.