Christmas on the frontline with Ukraine’s drone brigade - ON THE GROUND: In the forests near Kharkiv, Askold Krushelnycky speaks to soldiers spending Christmas fighting a hi-tech battle against Vladim

Russia attacked Ukraine's energy system and some cities with cruise and ballistic missiles plus drones, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said.

A large-scale Russian missile and drone attack targeting Ukraine ’s energy system on Christmas Day has been condemned as “inhumane” by president Volodymyr Zelensky. Half a million people were left without heating in Kharkiv in temperatures just a few degrees above freezing, as blackouts were reported in Kyiv and other regions.

Ukraine's air force says it detected 184 missiles and drones, causing damage to energy infrastructure across the country.

KYIV - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Dec 25 denounced an “inhumane” attack from Russia, which launched dozens of missiles and drones on his war-torn country’s energy grid on Christmas Day.

A massive Russian missile and drone barrage on Ukraine's energy infrastructure on Christmas morning was "inhumane," Ukrainian President Zelenskyy said.

A Ukrainian brigade said it required no infantry to destroy Russian positions in an operation in the Kharkiv region.

US President Joe Biden condemned the Russian missile and drone strikes on Ukraine on Wednesday, reiterating the United States' steadfast support for Ukraine.

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky said that more than 70 missiles and 100 drones targeted energy infrastructure sites across the country.

Russia unleashed a wave of missile and drone strikes on Ukraine during Christmas, targeting the country's energy infrastructure and cities in what President Volodymyr Zelenskiy condemned

President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for Ukraine peace envoy, Keith Kellogg, denounced Russia's mass attack on early Christmas morning, emphasizing that "Christmas should be a time of peace."