Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,445

"Fighting Russian forces launched more than 400 drones and about 40 missiles in an overnight attack on Ukraine on Saturday, targeting the country's power grid, generation facilities and distribution substations, according to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Ukrainian Minister of Energy Denys Shmyhal said two thermal power stations in Ukraine's western regions were hit, and electricity distribution lines were also targeted. Zelenskyy said more than 1,000 apartment buildings remain without heating in bitterly cold temperatures in the capital, Kyiv, due to the attacks."

"The Ukrainian president criticised Moscow's targeting of energy infrastructure, saying Russia must be deprived of the ability to use the cold winter weather as leverage against Kyiv. Every day, Russia could choose real diplomacy, but it chooses new strikes, he said. Poland suspended operations at the Lublin and Rzeszow airports near the border with Ukraine on Saturday following the Russian strikes. Polish authorities later said there had been no violation of the country's airspace and reopened the two airports."

"The International Atomic Energy Agency said on X that Ukrainian nuclear power plants have reduced output due to the renewed military activity that affected electrical substations and disconnected some power lines. Ukrainian military and security officials said that Kyiv struck an oil depot in Russia's Saratov region and a plant that makes missile fuel components in the Tver region in western Russia. Ukrainian forces also launched a strike on Russia's Bryansk region, according to the governor there, using long-range Neptune missiles and HIMARS rocket systems."

Russian forces launched more than 400 drones and about 40 missiles in an overnight attack targeting Ukraine's power grid, generation facilities and distribution substations. Two thermal power stations in western Ukraine were hit and electricity distribution lines were targeted, leaving over 1,000 apartment buildings in Kyiv without heating amid bitter cold. Kyiv struck an oil depot in Russia's Saratov region and a missile-fuel components plant in Tver, and attacked Bryansk with long-range Neptune missiles and HIMARS, wounding two and disrupting power in several municipalities. Poland briefly suspended operations at two border airports; the IAEA reported reduced nuclear output after substation damage.

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