Nearly three years into the war, Ukrainians have grown used to bracing for brutal winters with electricity blackouts and heating cuts from Russian attacks on the country’s energy infrastructure. This winter was predicted to be one of the toughest ones of the war yet.

Ukraine hits second major Russian oil refinery in a week after Zelensky hails Kyiv’s growing long-range drone capabilities as ‘bringing the war back to Russia’

Russian officials and media outlets reported on Wednesday that a massive Ukrainian drone attack targeted multiple Russian oil and power facilities, including a nuclear power plant. The attack highlighted the escalating conflict between the two nations and raised concerns about the potential for further damage to critical infrastructure.

Billions of dollars of investment may be needed to rebuild Ukraine's power systems, brought to the brink of total decimation after relentless attacks by Russia.

A massive Ukrainian drone attack targeted critical Russian energy infrastructure overnight, with Moscow saying that its air defence systems destroyed a drone attempting to hit a nuclear power facility in Smolensk on the Belarusian border.

Satellite image analysis has shown that the Russians are deploying additional S-300 and S-400 air defence systems to military airports closest to the Ukrainian borders. Additionally, at some of these bases,

Ukrainian drones have launched a series of attacks on oil refineries and power infrastructure in western Russia, with one strike reportedly targeting a nuclear facility