The attack, which included both artillery and drone strikes, continued for more than 24 hours and resulted in the complete destruction of infrastructure essential to the city's power grid.
During one of Russia's largest aerial assaults on Ukraine, a former educator serving in air defense forces intercepted a cruise missile on her first combat attempt.
As Ukraine faces potential 20-hour daily power outages, Germany will deliver €200 million in humanitarian assistance to Ukraine's most vulnerable communities on the frontlines, providing fuel, insulation, and winter gear as Russian attacks continue to cripple the country's power grid.
This aid was announced by the Norwegian Foreign Minister as he also visited a thermal power plant in Kyiv Oblast that had been damaged by Russian forces.