Russia strikes Kyiv and surrounding region in massive overnight strike

Russian forces ​launched missile and drone attacks on Ukraine's capital Kyiv and the ​surrounding region overnight, damaging energy infrastructure and a major bridge across the Dnipro River, officials said on Saturday. Explosions rocked the city as Russia ​fired ‌multiple waves of ballistic missiles, several of ⁠them hitting the Northern Bridge, according to Mayor Vitali Klitschko. He described an "extremely difficult" situation ‌for power, heating and water supplies in Kyiv, where temperatures ⁠hovered near freezing on Saturday morning. Governor Tymur Tkachenko said energy facilities in at least three districts of the ​Kyiv region had been hit. Read moreUkraine and Russia are taking the war underground as drones saturate the battlefield One person was killed ‌and eight people including a child were wounded in the overnight attack, which also damaged homes and non-residential buildings, authorities said. Moscow's defence ‌ministry said it carried out a massive strike on what it described as targets ​in Ukraine's military-industrial sector, as well as energy and transport infrastructure in and around Kyiv. Russia has stepped up air attacks on ​Ukraine as its ground offensive has lar...