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By Sophie Tanno, Daria Tarasova-Markina, CNN

(CNN) — Ukraine battled Sunday to restore power to tens of thousands of people left without heating in bitterly cold temperatures after a week of intense Russian attacks that have brought the country’s energy infrastructure to its knees.

In Kyiv, heating was restored to about 85% of apartment buildings a day after the entire city lost power, heat and water on Saturday. But more than 1,000 buildings remained without heating, the city’s mayor Vitali Klitschko said. with daytime temperatures down to –10C (14F).

Ukraine’s Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko said Russia had targeted energy infrastructure every day for the past week as temperatures plummeted.

“The enemy deliberately targeted heat-generating facilities with ballistic missiles. The situation was further complicated by difficult weather conditions and a significant drop in temperature,” she said in a statement.

“We understand that the lack of light and heat is a difficult test, especially in the cold. Therefore, our key task is to restore basic living conditions for people as quickly as possible.”

Mobile shelters have been set up in the capital, offering spaces where locals can warm up, recharge their phones and other devices and drink warm tea, according to the state emergency service.

Nonetheless, residents spoke of the huge challenges of living without power in the depths of winter.

Halyna Turchyn had managed to source gas cannisters so she could cook for the first time since losing power. “Today, we will cook something to eat, because we haven’t cooked anything for two days,” she told CNN in her kitchen in Kyiv.

Galina Turchin, a 71-year-old retiree, had wrapped herself in layers of jumpers to try to stay warm in her apartment, where one window had recently been shattered by debris from a Russian drone and was covered only by a plastic sheet.

“We hope they will give us heat. If not power, then at least heat,” she told Reuters, adding that she had not cooked food for two days and eaten only leftovers from her kitchen.

Russia has repeatedly targeted Ukraine’s energy infrastructure since launching its full-scale invasion in 2022, using waves of missiles and drones to cripple power generation in an apparent effort to erode morale and hit the economy.

On average, Kyiv residents had no electricity for 9.5 hours a day in December as the energy system struggled to cope with winter demand. Elevators in apartment blocks stopped working, trapping elderly residents in their homes, and people have become used to the loud hum of generators.

“This was one of the most massive attacks on the capital’s energy infrastructure, occurring precisely during a period of deteriorating weather conditions,” said Oleksiy Kuleba, deputy prime minister for restoration of Ukraine, on Sunday.

This week’s strikes came as the conflict grinds through its fourth winter, plunging cities into prolonged energy blackouts while temperatures dip well below freezing and are forecast to drop further.

On Saturday, Ukraine’s national electricity grid operator, Ukrenergo, ordered an emergency power cut to be implemented in Kyiv and the surrounding region to repair the heavily damaged system.

Russian strikes overnight on Saturday into Sunday knocked out power in Ukraine’s Dnipropetrovsk and Zaporizhzhia regio

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By Alayna Treene, CNN

(CNN) — President Donald Trump is weighing a series of potential military options in Iran following deadly protests in the country, two US officials told CNN, as he considers following through on his recent threats to strike the Iranian regime should it use lethal force against civilians.

Trump was briefed in recent days on different plans for intervention, the officials told CNN, as violence in the country has led to dozens of deaths and arrests. Some of the discussions have also included options that do not involve direct US military force, one of the officials said.

A number of options presented to the president have centered on targeting Tehran’s security services being used to tamp down the protests, the US officials said.

However, there are concerns inside the administration that military strikes could backfire and undermine the protests. The concerns, the officials said, are that strikes could have the unintended effect of rallying the Iranian people to support the government, or lead Iran to retaliate with military force of its own.

The president has not yet made a final decision on intervention, the officials said, but he is seriously considering action as the death toll in Iran continues to rise. The options that the president is considering do not involve putting boots on the ground in Iran, a senior White House official told CNN.

US-based Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) reports that 116 people have been killed since protests erupted across all 31 of Iran’s provinces two weeks ago. It remains unclear whether HRANA’s tally fully captures the scale of casualties, given the authorities’ nationwide shutdown of internet access and telephone lines.

“Iran is looking at FREEDOM, perhaps like never before,” Trump posted to social media on Saturday. “The USA stands ready to help!!!”

On Friday, Trump told reporters that if Tehran engaged in deadly violence against protestors, the US would “get involved.”

“I’ve made the statement very strongly that if they start killing people like they have in the past, we will get involved,” Trump said during a meeting with oil executives. “And that doesn’t mean boots on the ground, but it means hitting them very, very hard where it hurts.”

Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke Saturday about the ongoing protests, two sources familiar with the call said. The leaders also discussed the situation in Syria and Gaza, they said.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said Sunday it is “monitoring developments” in Iran as the country enters its third week of anti-government protests.

“The protests are an internal Iranian matter. Nevertheless, the IDF is prepared defensively and is continuously improving its capabilities and operational readiness,” an I

Por Hanna Park, CNN

La indignación nacional por la muerte a tiros de una mujer de Minneapolis a manos de un agente de ICE se trasladó el sábado a las calles de ciudades en todo Estados Unidos, con manifestantes que exigían la salida de las autoridades federales de inmigración de sus comunidades y justicia para Renee Good, quien murió.

En Minneapolis, caían copos de nieve mientras miles de personas se reunían en parques, por calles residenciales y frente a edificios federales, coreando el nombre de Good, cuya muerte se ha convertido en un punto central de la indignación nacional por las tácticas de las autoridades federales en ciudades de Estados Unidos mientras ejecutan el amplio endurecimiento inmigratorio del presidente Donald Trump.

Se registraron protestas similares en todo Estados Unidos, desde Los Ángeles y Nueva York hasta Washington, El Paso y Boston. Más de 1.000 manifestaciones estaban previstas en el país este fin de semana por la coalición nacional de grupos de defensa ICE out for good.

“La respuesta a la horrible muerte de Renee Nicole Good a manos de ICE es fuerte, pacífica e imposible de ignorar”, dijo el grupo miembro de la coalición Indivisible en un posteo de Facebook el sábado, acompañado de imágenes de protestas en varias ciudades.

Las manifestaciones responden a “la escalada de la violencia de ICE en nuestras comunidades”, al tiroteo mortal contra Good por parte de ICE y a “un patrón de meses de violencia y abusos sin control en comunidades marginadas de todo Estados Unidos”, indicó la coalición, y señaló que todas las concentraciones están concebidas como acciones “no violentas, legales y lideradas por la comunidad” para honrar a las personas que han muerto en confrontaciones con ICE y exigir rendición de cuentas.

Las protestas del sábado en Minneapolis comenzaron en el parque Powderhorn, un lugar histórico para manifestaciones y punto central de reunión durante las protestas de 2020 tras la muerte de George Floyd, cuyo encuentro fatal con la policía ocurrió no muy lejos de donde Good, una madre de tres hijos, de 37 años, fue baleada mortalmente.

Desde allí, miles de personas marcharon por vecindarios cercanos antes de converger en la calle donde Good murió el miércoles por la mañana.

Con temperaturas cercanas a los –7 °C, los manifestantes compartían mantas y bebidas calientes, sostenían carteles que decían “ICE se derretirá” y “No es muy provida matar a nuestros vecinos”, mientras cánticos repetidos con el nombre de Good resonaban en el parque y en las calles aledañas.

En otro punto de la ciudad, se escucharon fuertes estruendos y agentes dispararon proyectiles de pimienta contra un grupo mucho más pequeño de manifestantes frente al edificio federal Bishop Henry Whipple, donde los manifestantes han confrontado a agentes de ICE durante protestas diarias.

Según Omar Jiménez, de CNN, quien se encontraba en el lugar, la presencia de las fuerzas del orden fuera de la instalación aumentó de forma significativa después de varios incidentes en los que vehículos fueron golpeados con nieve y hielo, o cuando manifestantes intentaron impedir que salieran del lugar. Jiménez informó que las concentraciones en el edificio Whipple han sido más confrontativas que otras manifestaciones en la ciudad, ya que el sitio coloca a los manifestantes directamente frente a los agentes federales contra los que protestan.

Durante una gran protesta de unas 1.000 personas la noche del viernes en el centro de la ciudad, algunos individuos “se separaron” del grupo y comenzaron a pintar grafitis y a causar daños en las ventanas de un hotel, dijo el jefe de la Policía de Minneapolis, Brian O’Hara, en una conferencia de prensa el sábado. Manifestantes se han congregado frente a hoteles donde creen que se hospedan agentes federales en las llamadas Ciudades Gemelas.

Más de 200 agentes de la Policía de Minneapolis y patrulleros esta