The Russian missiles sought out targets from the Lviv region in western Ukraine near Poland to Kharkiv in northeast Ukraine bordering Russia. The state energy company Ukrenergo reported emergency power outages in six regions. It often shuts down production during attacks as a precaution.

Ukraine said it was forced to shut down its power grid in several regions Wednesday despite freezing winter weather after a massive missile attack launched by Russia. The overnight barrage came a

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that the Russian forces launched over 40 missiles during the morning attack and used more than 70 drones overnight. Ukrainian air defences shot down 30 missiles and 47 drones,