Russia launched scores of missiles and drones at Ukraine on Wednesday, targeting gas infrastructure and other energy facilities in western regions in a new barrage against the struggling power system in the depths of winter.

The Russian Defense Ministry said that it launched a strike on Ukraine's critically important facilities of gas and energy infrastructure.

Russia launched dozens of missiles and drones at the Ukrainian energy sector, Kyiv said Wednesday, ramping up a months-long bombing campaign at a precarious moment of the war for Ukraine.Moscow has pursued a months-long bombing campaign against Ukrainian energy infrastructure claiming the attacks are targeted against facilities that aid Kyiv's military.

Russia launched a new barrage of missiles and drones at Ukraine on Wednesday, targeting gas infrastructure and other energy facilities in western regions in a new barrage against the struggling power system in the depths of winter.

A major explosive factory deep inside Russia which supplies Vladimir Putin ’s army was attacked, says Ukraine. The plant is in the Tambov region hundreds of miles from the border with Ukraine. “The enterprise is one of the main suppliers of explosive materials for the army of the Russian Federation,

Russia had promised a systematic retaliation. While Ukraine claimed to have carried out the “largest” air attack on Russian territory, Moscow launched almost 120 ballistic missiles and drones against the enemy's energy network on Wednesday January 15.

Russia has intensified its attacks on Ukraine. Intense fighting is taking place on eight sections of the front. The Kremlin is focusing on the Donetsk and Kursk regions. The RBK-Ukraine portal reports on preparations for a key battle in the coming months.