re: Democrats planning a $15 billion aid package to Ukraine.

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What happened overnight (7 Nov): Russia fired 36 ballistic missiles and 172 drones, with 12 regions targeted and Kyiv hit hardest, according to Ukrainian officials. The strikes damaged substations feeding the capital, including ones linking the Rivne and Khmelnytsky nuclear plants to Kyiv and central Ukraine. The city’s North Bridge — a main artery over the Dnipro — was closed while crews repaired the road surface and downed power lines. A kindergarten was hit. Nine people were injured nationwide, one of them a child; the Guardian reports five hurt in Kyiv, including a 14-year-old girl.

On the ground: Emergency blackouts across the capital and Kyiv Oblast, with water and heating cut in swathes of the city. Mayor Vitali Klitschko says the water system is back to normal and roughly 60% of apartment blocks have heating restored. The metro has suffered full shutdowns during the week, traffic lights are dead at major junctions, and streets have been lit mostly by car headlights. Vinnytsia halved its street lighting; Chernihiv is without power entirely.

The pattern: This caps a brutal week — a huge 3–4 November attack forced emergency cuts, Ukraine’s nuclear plants had to throttle output on 4 November because the grid couldn’t carry it, and a 6 November strike in Zhytomyr severed supply into Kyiv. First snow has already fallen. Zelenskyy accuses Moscow of deliberately trying to “plunge Kyiv and the entire country into a blackout” and freeze civilians into submission through the winter, calling it a war crime.

The diplomatic frame: The timing is pointed. Trilateral talks involving Ukrainian, Russian, and US negotiators are due in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday and Wednesday, and the Kremlin is softening up the table by pummelling a city of millions. Zelenskyy called Jared Kushner’s blueprint “Yalta 2.0” and is pressing Congress — freshly won by the Democrats — for more bilateral support and harder sanctions.

Short version: Russia is trading missiles for darkness and leverage, and Kyiv’s grid is being ground down faster than it can be repaired ahead of winter

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Exactly hopefully they both bleed out.

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What’s $15,000,000,000 anyway

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How is that even possible when Trump stopped it in his first 24 hours?

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