Ukraine’s capital had largely restored power Friday, a day after Russia fired a barrage of missiles across the country, which damaged infrastructure and energy supplies. An aide to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Mykhailo Podolyak, told Italy's La Stampa newspaper that Ukraine has two objectives in Bakhmut — to reduce Russia's capable personnel as much as possible and to fix Russian forces in a wearisome battle, according to Reuters news agency. Like Ukraine, the country was once part of the Soviet Union and has had to navigate both historic ties to Russia as well as recent moves toward Europe, including ambitions of joining the European Union