Hundreds of thousands in Russian-occupied parts of southern Ukraine were left without power on Sunday, according to Kremlin-installed authorities there. Meanwhile, Moscow has kept up its hammering of Ukraine’s energy grid in overnight attacks that killed at least two people,

Ukrainian drone strikes against Russian energy infrastructure left over 200,000 without power as both sides continue targeting electrical grids.

Ukraine struck three Russian oil rigs operating in the Caspian Sea on Sunday following Moscow’s large-scale bombardment over the weekend that left thousands without heat or power in Kyiv.

A Kremlin official says that Moscow agrees with U.S. President Donald Trump that Ukraine is holding up a peace deal.

The daytime temperature in Kyiv, which has endured freezing temperatures for more than two weeks, was minus 12 degrees C (about 10 degrees F), with streets covered in ice and the rumble of generators heard throughout the capital.

"Our country reminds the world before the start of the 2026 Winter Olympics that sport is not outside of politics. After all, the sanctioned individuals openly support aggression, war crimes, and occupation,

The strike comes a day after Russia bombarded Ukraine with hundreds of drones and dozens of missiles, including a powerful new hypersonic missile that hit western Ukraine.

Ukraine’s drone war against the Russian capital has shifted from symbolic pinpricks to a grinding, daily campaign that Moscow says is now a defining feature of 2026. Russian officials complain that hundreds of unmanned aircraft are being launched in concentrated waves,