Russia targets energy sector in huge missile and drone attack on Ukraine

Attack of 127 missiles and 109 drones is ‘one of the biggest’ of the war, Zelenskyy says, causing power and water outages

Ukrainian soldiers guard the sky with a machine-gun on a city road during one of Russian most massive missile and drone attack against Ukraine's energy objects in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, Aug. 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

A huge missile and drone attack launched by Russia across Ukrainian territory has left at least five people dead, officials have said.

Power cuts and water outages were reported in numerous parts of the country including in some districts of the capital, Kyiv, as a result of the strikes, which targeted mainly civilian energy infrastructure.