Russia struck Kyiv with five ballistic missiles that hit civilian infrastructure, Ukrainian President Zelenskiy said. He said Ukraine did not receive the usual advance warning from Western allies, though Kyiv continues to receive Western intelligence on Russian strikes. Ukraine remains heavily dependent on US intelligence sharing and on US-made weapons purchased with funding from other NATO members. Last year the US temporarily suspended intelligence sharing after a public dispute between Zelens

China’s National Energy Administration said on Oct. 12 at its third 2026 energy-regulation meeting in Beijing that regulators must front-load planning for winter peak power-supply oversight, bolster supply-demand monitoring and early warning, and完善 the nationwide unified electricity market system. The NEA ordered tighter electricity-market supervision and enforcement to preserve fair competition, stronger market mechanisms to improve renewable consumption, expedited handling of household energy needs, accelerated remediation of non-grid direct-supply residential complexes, faster rollout of a new round of measures to secure electricity access, and stepped-up power-quality improvement actions; it also called for pushing the second phase of comprehensive power-sector supervision to convert regulatory findings into operational changes.

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