Russian strikes have this month repeatedly cut power and heating to tens of thousands of homes — with Kyiv and its European allies accusing Moscow of deliberately freezing the population.

Ukraine faced renewed Russian air strikes overnight, ending a brief pause. Kyiv residents took shelter in metro stations as attacks continued for hours, injuring three.

Russia attacked Ukraine’s capital Kyiv with ballistic missiles early on Tuesday, local authorities reported, following a week-long pause in strikes on major cities and infrastructure agreed to by Russia and the US as Ukraine grapples with plummeting winter temperatures.

Ukrainian energy minister Denys Smyhal has blamed a “technical failure” of a high-voltage power line to neighbouring Moldova for a “cascade shutdown” of the power grid that once again plunged the capital and provincial cities into darkness.

Russian missile and drone strikes on Kyiv and Kharkiv hit residential buildings and energy infrastructure facilities overnight into Saturday. View on euronews

Askold Krushelnycky was asleep in Odesa when Shahed drones reduced his hotel to rubble, illustrating how Russia’s relentless attacks on Ukraine continue during one of the country’s harshest winters

Envoys from Russia and Ukraine are meeting in Abu Dhabi for U.S.-brokered talks aimed at ending the nearly four-year war