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Russia launched its biggest attack of the war overnight against natural gas facilities run by Ukraine’s state-owned Naftogaz Group. Russia fired a total of 381 drones and 35 missiles at Ukraine, according to Ukraine’s air force. Officials called it an attempt to wreck the Ukrainian power grid ahead of winter and wear down public appetite for the 3-year-old conflict. “This is deliberate terror against civilian facilities that provide gas extraction and processing for normal life of people,” Serhii Koretskyi, chief executive of Ukraine’s state-owned gas company Naftogaz, said. “It has no military purpose. This is yet another act of Russian malice aimed at disrupting heating season & depriving Ukrainians of warmth in winter.” AP

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