New Delhi, Oct. 24 -- Blackouts spread as Europe chokes LNG, Washington ices a Kremlin meeting, and Moscow flashes its nuclear triad.

Kyiv, Ukraine - In the early hours of Thursday, October 23, 2025, Russia sent one of the largest mixed barrages of the year across Ukraine, flooding the sky with attack drones and missiles aimed at the country's power grid and fuel network. Officials described a wave of 405 drones and 28 missiles overnight that forced emergency shutoffs and scattered fires across multiple regions.

Ukraine's air force said most of the incoming weapons were intercepted, but not all. Several struck critical nodes, touching off blazes at power facilities and cutting electricity in cities that have come to expect sudden darkne...