Power play: electricity in Ukraine

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Russia has been targeting <a href="https://www.economist.com/europe/2022/10/24/ukraine-races-to-stop-russia-from-destroying-its-power-grid?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_articl ...

Russia has fired hundreds of missiles and drones at Ukraine, while Ukraine urges European nations to help stop the aerial threats over its airspace. Senior Chinese diplomat Wang Yi meets U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan in Beijing for a new round of strategic communic ...  Show more

We unpick the week’s torrent of headlines; an invasion may yet come but either way President Vladimir Putin has already harmed Russia. The country’s digital self-isolation project is quietly forging ahead; we examine its home-grown “tech stack” with everything from chips up to ...