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Ukraine’s utilities threatened by Russia in war’s new phase

Children play soccer near a building damaged by fighting between Ukrainian and Russian forces in Borodyanka, Kyiv region, Ukraine, Thursday, Oct. 20, 2022. Airstrikes cut power and water supplies to hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians on Tuesday, part of what the country's president called an expanding Russian campaign to drive the nation into the cold and dark and make peace talks impossible. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti) An elderly woman carries a box as humanitarian aid is distributed at the village of Mykhailo Lukasheve, in Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine, Thursday, Oct. 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Leo Correa) Pedestrians walk along Khreschatyk street at dusk in downtown Kyiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco) A woman leaves a subway station after an air raid alarm, in Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, Oct. 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco) Children play soccer near a building damaged by fighting between Ukrainian and Russian forces in Borodyanka, Kyiv region, Ukraine, Thursday, Oct. 20, 2022. Airstrikes cut power and water supplies to hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians on Tuesday, part of what the country's president called an expanding Russian campaign to drive the nation into the cold and dark and make peace talks impossible. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti) An elderly woman carries a box as humanitarian aid is distributed at the village of Mykhailo Lukasheve, in Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine, Thursday, Oct. 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Leo Correa) Pedestrians walk along Khreschatyk street at dusk in downtown Kyiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco) A woman leaves a subway station after an air raid alarm, in Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, Oct. 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco) Children play soccer near a building damaged by fighting between Ukrainian and Russian forces in Borodyanka, Kyiv region, Ukraine, Thursday, Oct. 20, 2022. Airstrikes cut power and water supplies to hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians on Tuesday, part of what the country's president called an expanding Russian campaign to drive the nation into the cold and dark and make peace talks impossible. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti) An elderly woman carries a box as humanitarian aid is distributed at the village of Mykhailo Lukasheve, in Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine, Thursday, Oct. 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Leo Correa) Pedestrians walk along Khreschatyk street at dusk in downtown Kyiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco) A woman leaves a subway station after an air raid alarm, in Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, Oct. 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco) Children play soccer near a building damaged by fighting between Ukrainian and Russian forces in Borodyanka, Kyiv region, Ukraine, Thursday, Oct. 20, 2022. Airstrikes cut power and water supplies to hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians on Tuesday, part of what the country's president called an expanding Russian campaign to drive the nation into the cold and dark and make peace talks impossible. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti) An elderly woman carries a box as humanitarian aid is distributed at the village of Mykhailo Lukasheve, in Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine, Thursday, Oct. 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Leo Correa) Pedestrians walk along Khreschatyk street at dusk in downtown Kyiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco) A woman leaves a subway station after an air raid alarm, in Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, Oct. 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco) Children play soccer near a building damaged by fighting between Ukrainian and Russian forces in Borodyanka, Kyiv region, Ukraine, Thursday, Oct. 20, 2022. Airstrikes cut power and water supplies to hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians on Tuesday, part of what the country's president called an expanding Russian campaign to drive the nation into the cold and dark and make peace talks impossible. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti) An elderly woman carries a box as humanitarian aid is distributed at the village of Mykhailo Lukasheve, in Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine, Thursday, Oct. 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Leo Correa) Pedestrians walk along Khreschatyk street at dusk in downtown Kyiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco) A woman leaves a subway station after an air raid alarm, in Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, Oct. 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco) Children play soccer near a building damaged by fighting between Ukrainian and Russian forces in Borodyanka, Kyiv region, Ukraine, Thursday, Oct. 20, 2022. Airstrikes cut power and water supplies to hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians on Tuesday, part of what the country's president called an expanding Russian campaign to drive the nation into the cold and dark and make peace talks impossible. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti) An elderly woman carries a box as humanitarian aid is distributed at the village of Mykhailo Lukasheve, in Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine, Thursday, Oct. 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Leo Correa) Pedestrians walk along Khreschatyk street at dusk in downtown Kyiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco) A woman leaves a subway station after an air raid alarm, in Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, Oct. 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco) Children play soccer near a building damaged by fighting between Ukrainian and Russian forces in Borodyanka, Kyiv region, Ukraine, Thursday, Oct. 20, 2022. Airstrikes cut power and water supplies to hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians on Tuesday, part of what the country's president called an expanding Russian campaign to drive the nation into the cold and dark and make peace talks impossible. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti) An elderly woman carries a box as humanitarian aid is distributed at the village of Mykhailo Lukasheve, in Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine, Thursday, Oct. 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Leo Correa) Pedestrians walk along Khreschatyk street at dusk in downtown Kyiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco) A woman leaves a subway station after an air raid alarm, in Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, Oct. 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco) Children play soccer near a building damaged by fighting between Ukrainian and Russian forces in Borodyanka, Kyiv region, Ukraine, Thursday, Oct. 20, 2022. Airstrikes cut power and water supplies to hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians on Tuesday, part of what the country's president called an expanding Russian campaign to drive the nation into the cold and dark and make peace talks impossible. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti) Children play soccer near a building damaged by fighting between Ukrainian and Russian forces in Borodyanka, Kyiv region, Ukraine, Thursday, Oct. 20, 2022. Airstrikes cut power and water supplies to hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians on Tuesday, part of what the country's president called an expanding Russian campaign to drive the nation into the cold and dark and make peace talks impossible. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti) An elderly woman carries a box as humanitarian aid is distributed at the village of Mykhailo Lukasheve, in Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine, Thursday, Oct. 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Leo Correa) An elderly woman carries a box as humanitarian aid is distributed at the village of Mykhailo Lukasheve, in Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine, Thursday, Oct. 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Leo Correa) Pedestrians walk along Khreschatyk street at dusk in downtown Kyiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco) Pedestrians walk along Khreschatyk street at dusk in downtown Kyiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco) A woman leaves a subway station after an air raid alarm, in Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, Oct. 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco) A woman leaves a subway station after an air raid alarm, in Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, Oct. 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco) An elderly woman carries a box as humanitarian aid is distributed at the village of Mykhailo Lukasheve, in Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine, Thursday, Oct. 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Leo Correa) Pedestrians walk along Khreschatyk street at dusk in downtown Kyiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco) A woman leaves a subway station after an air raid alarm, in Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, Oct. 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco) An elderly woman carries a box as humanitarian aid is distributed at the village of Mykhailo Lukasheve, in Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine, Thursday, Oct. 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Leo Correa) Pedestrians walk along Khreschatyk street at dusk in downtown Kyiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco) A woman leaves a subway station after an air raid alarm, in Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, Oct. 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco) An elderly woman carries a box as humanitarian aid is distributed at the village of Mykhailo Lukasheve, in Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine, Thursday, Oct. 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Leo Correa) A woman leaves a subway station after an air raid alarm, in Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, Oct. 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco) An elderly woman carries a box as humanitarian aid is distributed at the village of Mykhailo Lukasheve, in Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine, Thursday, Oct. 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Leo Correa) Pedestrians walk along Khreschatyk street at dusk in downtown Kyiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco) A woman leaves a subway station after an air raid alarm, in Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, Oct. 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco) An elderly woman carries a box as humanitarian aid is distributed at the village of Mykhailo Lukasheve, in Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine, Thursday, Oct. 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Leo Correa) An elderly woman carries a box as humanitarian aid is distributed at the village of Mykhailo Lukasheve, in Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine, Thursday, Oct. 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Leo Correa) Pedestrians walk along Khreschatyk street at dusk in downtown Kyiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco) Pedestrians walk along Khreschatyk street at dusk in downtown Kyiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco) A woman leaves a subway station after an air raid alarm, in Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, Oct. 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco) A woman leaves a subway station after an air raid alarm, in Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, Oct. 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco) An elderly woman carries a box as humanitarian aid is distributed at the village of Mykhailo Lukasheve, in Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine, Thursday, Oct. 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Leo Correa) Pedestrians walk along Khreschatyk street at dusk in downtown Kyiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco) A woman leaves a subway station after an air raid alarm, in Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, Oct. 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco) An elderly woman carries a box as humanitarian aid is distributed at the village of Mykhailo Lukasheve, in Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine, Thursday, Oct. 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Leo Correa) Pedestrians walk along Khreschatyk street at dusk in downtown Kyiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco) A woman leaves a subway station after an air raid alarm, in Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, Oct. 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco) Pedestrians walk along Khreschatyk street at dusk in downtown Kyiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco) A woman leaves a subway station after an air raid alarm, in Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, Oct. 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco) People sit in the subway, using it as a bomb shelter during an air raid alarm, in Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, Oct. 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco) FILE - Rescue workers survey the scene of a Russian attack on Kyiv, Ukraine on Monday, Oct. 10, 2022. Russia has declared its intention to increase its targeting of Ukraine’s power, water and other vital infrastructure in its latest phase of the nearly 8-month-old war. (AP Photo/Adam Schreck, File) FILE - Rescue workers survey the scene of a Russian attack on Kyiv, Ukraine on Monday, Oct. 10, 2022. Russia has declared its intention to increase its targeting of Ukraine’s power, water and other vital infrastructure in its latest phase of the nearly 8-month-old war. (AP Photo/Adam Schreck, File) FILE - Volunteers work to clean the debris on a site where several houses were destroyed after a Russian attack at a residential area in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, Sunday, Oct. 9, 2022. Russia has declared its intention to increase its targeting of Ukraine’s power, water and other vital infrastructure in its latest phase of the nearly 8-month-old war. (AP Photo/Leo Correa, File) FILE - A firefighter looks at a part of a wall falling from the residential building that was heavily damaged after a Russian attack in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, Sunday, Oct. 9, 2022. Russia has declared its intention to increase its targeting of Ukraine’s power, water and other vital infrastructure in its latest phase of the nearly 8-month-old war. (AP Photo/Leo Correa, File)