Brendan Cole
Pessimism pervades Kyiv and Washington about Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine as President Volodymr Zelensky tries to steer his country through the war's third winter.
That assessment by intelligence officials, cited by The New York Times, follows Russian advances in the Donetsk region and concern about what the outcome of the U.S. election on Tuesday will mean for U.S. support for Kyiv.
It also comes ahead of Ukrainians enduring the cold months ahead with their energy infrastructure damaged by Moscow's drone strikes which have intensified from 350 in July to 2,000 in October, according to Kyiv. Ukraine's Sumy and Poltava regions were left without power last week after Russian airstrikes.
Oleksii Brekht, acting CEO of national grid operator Ukrenergo warned continuous massive shelling of the country's infrastructure, transmission network and generation facilities, mean daily power consumption restrictions this winter could last up to eight hours.
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