Russia on Sunday launched a massive drone and missile attack on Ukraine, described by officials as the largest over the past months, targeting energy infrastructure and killing civilians. The attack came as fears are mounting about Moscow’s intentions to devastate Ukraine's power generation capacity ahead of the cold winter.

The US has for the first time allowed Ukraine to use long-range missiles to strike targets inside Russia.The outgoing Biden administration has told Kyiv it can use US-made ATACMS missiles for limited strikes inside Russia,