"Russia launched an overnight attack described as the most powerful this year on Ukraine's battered energy facilities, officials in Kyiv said, leaving hundreds of thousands of people without heating amid glacial winter temperatures and in advance of talks to end the four-year war. The latest Russian operation against Ukraine's energy sector was the biggest since the start of 2026, Ukraine's leading private energy company DTEK said on Telegram."
"Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said that Russia deployed 450 attack drones and more than 60 missiles during the onslaught and accused Moscow of waiting for temperatures to drop before carrying out the strikes. A power plant in Ukraine's second-largest city of Kharkiv was also badly damaged in the Russian attack, Kharkiv Mayor Ihor Terekhov said. The attack on Kharkiv also injured at least five people, according to officials."
"At least two teenagers were killed, and nine other people were injured following a Russian strike targeting the southeastern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia, regional Governor Ivan Fedorov wrote on the Telegram messaging app. A 24-hour air raid alert was issued in the Zaporizhia region following the attack, which damaged four high-rise apartment buildings. Three people were killed in Ukrainian shelling of the Moscow-occupied southern Ukrainian town of Nova Kakhovka, in the Kherson region, Kremlin-installed authorities said."
Russian strikes heavily damaged energy infrastructure and residential buildings, leaving hundreds of thousands without heating amid glacial winter temperatures. Kyiv described the overnight assault as the most powerful this year and DTEK said it was the biggest since early 2026. Ukrainian officials reported that Russia deployed about 450 attack drones and over 60 missiles during the onslaught. A Kharkiv power plant was badly damaged and at least five people were injured. Kyiv's Darnytskyi district power plant was seriously damaged, prompting resource redirection to restore heating. Zaporizhzhia strikes killed two teenagers and injured nine, while Nova Kakhovka saw three reported deaths.
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