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A Russian strike on energy infrastructure in western Ukraine on Thursday left more than 1 million people without power, according to local officials.

Electricity was knocked out for more than 500,000 households in the Lviv region due to the attack, according to regional Gov. Maksym Kozytskyi. Rivne Gov. Oleksandr Koval said the strike also cut off power for more than 280,000 households in the region, The Associated Press reported.

“The Commander of the Air Force, along with the Ministers of Internal Affairs and Energy, provided reports regarding the aftermath of the latest Russian strike targeting our energy infrastructure,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky wrote on the social platform X early Thursday.

“In total, approximately 100 strike drones and over 90 missiles of various types were launched,” he continued. “Several regions reported Kalibr missile strikes with cluster munitions, deliberately aimed at civilian infrastructure.”

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• In its first statement since the ceasefire announcement, Hezbollah has proclaimed “victory” over Israel and says its fighters remain ready to deal with Israeli attacks.
• UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has welcomed the ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah, saying it is “the first ray of hope” in the regional conflict after months of escalation and reiterated his calls for a truce in Gaza.
• Israel has informed the International Criminal Court that it will appeal against arrest warrants for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former defence minister, Yoav Gallant, over their conduct in the Gaza war.
• Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip have escalated, killing several people, including a pregnant woman in northern Gaza’s Jabalia refugee camp.
• The UN has sounded the alarm over the catastrophic situation in Gaza’s north, which has been besieged for 55 days as Israeli forces resume a ground assault in the area.

President Joe Biden’s administration is urging Ukraine to quickly increase the size of its military by drafting more troops and revamping its mobilization laws to allow for the conscription of those as young as 18.

A senior Biden administration official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss the private consultations, said Wednesday that the outgoing Democratic administration wants Ukraine to lower the mobilization age to 18 from the current age of 25 to expand the pool of fighting-age men available to help a badly outnumbered Ukraine in its nearly three-year-old war with Russia.

The official said “the pure math” of Ukraine’s situation now is that it needs more troops in the fight. Currently Ukraine is not mobilizing or training enough soldiers to replace its battlefield losses while keeping pace with Russia’s growing military, the official added.

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Three American citizens imprisoned for years by China have been released in a prisoner swap, the White House has said, announcing a rare diplomatic agreement with Beijing in the final months of the Biden administration.

The three are Mark Swidan, Kai Li and John Leung, all of whom had been designated by the US government as wrongfully detained. Swidan had been facing a death sentence on drug charges while Li and Leung were imprisoned on espionage charges.

“Soon they will return and be reunited with their families for the first time in many years,” the White House said in a statement on Wednesday.

“Thanks to this administration’s efforts and diplomacy with the PRC, all of the wrongfully detained Americans in the PRC are home,” the spokesperson said, referring to the People’s Republic of China.

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