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U.S. allegedly withheld Ukraine strike warnings, enabling deadly Russian attacks on power grid

Investigative reports cite senior U.S. officials who failed to pass intelligence about imminent Russian missile strikes that destroyed power substations, leaving 600,000 civilians without electricity and killing six civilians in the attack. The omission undermines trust between Kyiv and Washington, complicates NATO’s collective defense commitments, and may embolden Russia to intensify targeting of civilian infrastructure across the 40‑million‑person Ukrainian population, with ripple effects on European energy security.