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Russia turns to new tactics to destroy Ukraine’s energy grid this winter for good
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Russia turns to new tactics to destroy Ukraine’s energy grid this winter for good

by Dominic Culverwell

Subscribe to the Newsletter Ukraine Business Roundup Subscribe Volleys of explosions deafened Kyiv in the early hours of Oct. 14, as Russia targeted multiple energy facilities powering the embattled capital amid a new campaign to isolate and disconnect the city following a brutal summer of relentless strikes on businesses and critical infrastructure. While Russia’s attacks on Ukraine’s energy system have been ongoing throughout the year at a low level, Moscow has recently ramped u

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Investigation: How scammers exploit Ukraine’s occupation to deceive foreign men

Since 2022, the non-profit Helping to Leave has received thousands of requests to rescue people from Russian-occupied territories. Some of those requests were to rescue women who may have never existed at all. The charity has helped thousands of people flee occupied areas, and its team was used to urgent pleas for evacuation. But over time, a different kind of request began arriving. Foreign men started writing to Helping to Leave asking to rescue Ukrainian women they had met online, women the

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