This is the Global News podcast from the BBC World Service.

I'm Alex Ritson, and at 14 hours GMT on Thursday the 28th of November,

these are our main stories.

Hundreds of thousands of people across Ukraine are without power

as Russia launches another massive attack on its energy infrastructure.

The ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon appears to be largely holding as it enters its second day.

Also in this podcast, a rare glimpse into the suffering of the people of Sudan.

When I was in Khartoum, even me and my mom and my aunts, we cannot get out because it was

afraid to get attacked by those soldiers.

Those people are very dangerous, so we cannot even take the risk.

Vladimir Putin says the huge bombardment of Ukraine's energy infrastructure overnight was in response to Russian territory being hit with Western supplied missiles.

Hundreds of thousands of people in Ukraine are without electricity after the Russian attack.

Many of the sites targeted are in the west of the country as well as in the capital Kiev.

Speaking in Kazakhstan, the Russian president insisted more strikes might follow.

Last night, we carried out a comprehensive strike using 90 missiles and 100 drones.

17 targets in Ukraine were hit.

These were military facilities, defense industry facilities and support systems.

I repeat once again, these strikes on our part also took place in response to the ongoing

strikes on Russian territory by American Atacom's missiles.

As I have said many times, there will always be a response

from our side. Vitali Shevchenko is the Russia editor of BBC monitoring, asked him if he was

surprised by President Putin's reaction. That has always been his attitude to this special military creation. He presents Russia as the victim

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