Russia hits Ukraine's Naftogaz 13 times in one week.

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia attacked Ukraine's state energy company Naftogaz 13 times in the past week, the firm said Monday. Since the start of the year, Russian forces have targeted its premises nearly 300 times. The attacks caused serious damage to equipment and production capacity, Naftogaz said. No employees were hurt. Russia has repeatedly struck Ukraine's power grid since its full-scale invasion more than four years ago. Moscow hopes to weaken Ukraine's will to fight by cutting off civilians' light, heating, and running water during winter. Ukrainian officials say Russia is "weaponizing winter" and fear the campaign will continue through the coming cold months. Russian drones and missiles hit facilities in several regions, with one asset struck multiple times during the week, the company reported. Both sides are expanding aerial campaigns. Troops are largely stalled along the 1,250-kilometer (780-mile) front line, bogged down by drones and robots. Russia and Ukraine are both developing new long-range weapons. Ukrainian long-range attacks on Russia killed seven people overnight, while four civilians died in Ukraine from Russian strikes, officials said Monday. Ukraine has increased its domestic weapons production since the 2022 invasion. On Sunday, it fired more than 800 long-range drones at Russia. Ukraine has also successfully hit depots owned by Wildberries, Russia's main online retailer, located up to 2,000 kilometers (1,242 miles) from Ukraine's border. Russian forces have increasingly struck apartment blocks, ports, schools, and hospitals. The United Nations says nearly 17,000 civilians have been killed. In July, 437 Ukrainian civilians died—70% more than in the same month in 2025. Russia has exploited Ukraine's severe shortage of U.S.-made Patriot air defense interceptors, the only system that can counter ballistic missiles. Ukraine is responding by developing its own ballistic missile and working with European countries on new anti-ballistic air defenses.