Russian missile, drone strikes kill 6 in Ukraine

KYIV, Oct 22: Russia carried out a massive missile and drone assault on Ukraine early Wednesday, killing at least six people and injuring 18, according to Ukrainian officials. The strikes targeted critical energy infrastructure, causing widespread blackouts across regions including Kyiv, Odesa, Zaporizhzhia, and Dnipropetrovsk. Among the casualties were a woman and her two young daughters killed in a house fire in Pohreby near Kyiv. Two others died in a high-rise fire in the capital’s Dnipro district, while dozens were rescued from damaged buildings across Kyiv. Ukraine’s Energy Ministry reported ongoing emergency outages, with repair effort…