Remarkable satellite images have shown how Ukraine was plunged into almost complete darkness after Vladimir Putin targeted power stations in the latest brutal wave of missiles.

Strikes on Wednesday left multiple people dead, disconnected three Ukrainian nuclear plants automatically from the national grid, and even provoked blackouts in neighbouring Moldova, whose energy network is linked to Ukraine.

Such attacks have forced millions of people to go without light, water, or heating for hours or days at a time, just as outdoor temperatures fall below freezing.

Using a NASA satellite tool, it is possible to compare what Ukraine looked like from space at night before Vladimir Putin’s February 24 invasion, and what it looks like today – ten months on – and after the latest round of missile strikes.

The difference could not be starker. What was once a bustling European city has been plunged into darkness by war, with the lights of its cities either dimmed or extinguished thanks to Moscow’s unrelenting, indiscriminate strikes.

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