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strikeOct 6, 2026

View: El Niño comes to Ukraine’s aid

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As Russia again ramps up its attacks on Ukraine’s electricity grid ahead of the winter heating season, this time Kyiv has a new ally in its corner: El Niño.

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  • Tim McDonnellBy Tim McDonnell

    Tim’s view As Russia again ramps up its attacks on Ukraine’s electricity grid ahead of the winter heating season, this time Kyiv has a new ally in its corner: El Niño. Last week, 8,000 households around Ukraine temporarily went dark after the Kremlin’s first large-scale grid atta…

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