Ukraine's energy system, damaged by Russian drone and missile attacks, is meeting only 60% of the country's electricity needs, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Friday, as the country copes with its coldest and darkest winter of war yet.

An intense wave of Russian drone attacks has left hundreds of thousands of households in the Kyiv region without power, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Tuesday, as temperatures fall well below freezing.

The Kremlin has tried for years to freeze Ukraine into submission. This winter, its attacks have been the most devastating ever.

KYIV, Ukraine -- Russia launched a second major drone and missile bombardment of Ukraine in four days, officials said Tuesday, aiming again at the power grid and apparently snubbing U.S.-led peace efforts as the war approaches the four-year mark.

Russia struck a playground in the city center of the western Ukrainian city of Lviv, Governor Maksym Kozytskyi reported on Jan. 15.

Russia has targeted Ukraine’s energy infrastructure in past winters, but this year intensified its attacks as temperatures in Ukraine plunged well below freezing.

For only the second time, Russia used a new ballistic missile that it says flies at 10 times the speed of sound and is unstoppable by air defenses.

Ukrainian intelligence reports suggest that Russia is preparing a fresh wave of "massive attacks" on the country, President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Friday, as Ukraine is struggling to keep its energy grid running amid freezing winter weather.

Russia launched its second major drone and missile bombardment of Ukraine in four days, officials said Tuesday, aiming again at the power grid amid freezing temperatures in an apparent snub to U.S.-led peace efforts.

The church, a national cultural landmark confiscated during the Soviet era, remains state-owned but will now function primarily as a parish church.

A state of emergency had been declared for the entire energy sector in Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelensky announced after a crisis meeting on Wednesday. A coordination centre will be set up to deal specifically with the needs of capital Kiev,