Russia launched the largest barrage of drones and missiles across Ukraine in a month, killing at least three people, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy announced on Saturday, CNN reported.
Russia fired a total of about 36 missiles and about 600 drones toward Ukraine between Friday night and Saturday, Zelenskiy said. Most of the capital Kyiv is without power.
“The main targets of the attack were energy infrastructure and civilian facilities, causing extensive damage and fires to residential buildings. There are now reports of dozens of people injured and three killed.”
Ukraine’s energy ministry said more than 600,000 people were left without power after an overnight attack by Russia.
“As a result of the attack, more than 500,000 consumers in Kyiv, more than 100,000 in the Kyiv region and almost 8,000 in the Kharkov region lost power since the morning,” the ministry said.
The attack came with a U.S. team scheduled to visit Moscow next week to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin about the Trump administration’s peace plan.