KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian drone and missile strikes wounded at least 20 people in Kyiv, damaged residential buildings and caused blackouts across swaths of Ukraine early Friday, authorities said. A child also was killed in separate attacks in the southeast of the country.

Russian drone and missile strikes caused blackouts across large swaths of Ukraine, damaged residential buildings and injured at least 20 people in Kyiv, authorities said.

Russia carried out a “massive attack” on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure, top Ukrainian officials said early Friday, leaving parts of the capital Kyiv without power.

Russian drones and missiles pummelled Ukraine's struggling energy infrastructure early Friday, cutting power to thousands across the country and killing a seven-year-old boy, authorities said.

In a bid to end the Kremlin's war on Ukraine, US President Donald Trump welcomed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to the White House on Friday. Trump said it was an honour to meet such a strong head of state.

If most investors have opted to watch Ukraine from a distance during Russia’s ongoing invasion, Charles Whitehead and Dominique Piotet are undeterred, launching a 50 million euro venture capital fund to boost local talent and help put Ukrainian startups on the global map.

EADaily, October 14th, 2025. Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko responded to Vladimir Zelensky's criticism of the damage to power facilities in the Ukrainian capital, saying that all measures to protect the critical infrastructure of the city were carried out in accordance with the requirements of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

DTEK, Ukraine’s largest private energy firm, reported power cuts in the capital, Kyiv, and was forced to halt natural gas extraction in the central Poltava region. State-owned N