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Russia has used more than 450 drones and 32 missiles in an overnight attack on Ukraine’s energy sector, Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said.
The president said there were power outages in nine regions - with about 600,000 households thought to have been cut off.
At least three Russian drones were shot down by Polish and other Nato aircraft in Poland’s airspace during overnight attacks on Ukraine, the Polish prime minister has said.
Donald Tusk said Poland had recorded 19 drone incursions, with some flying deep enough to temporarily close four airports, including Warsaw’s main hub Chopin.
Russia on Sunday launched its largest air strike on Ukraine since the beginning of the war, setting fire to a government building in Kyiv and killing at least two people.
Russia launched 810 Shahed-type strike Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), or drones; 9 Iskander-K cruise missiles; and 4 Iskander-M ballistic missiles, according to the Ukrainian Defense Department.
The death toll from Russian rocket and drone strikes on the Ukrainian capital Kyiv continues to rise. Authorities said Friday that at least 23 people, including children, were killed overnight in the deadliest assault on the city in months.
The strikes also damaged Kyiv’s British Council and European Union offices, prompting Britain and the EU to summon their Russian envoys.
Ukrainian forces have strengthened the battlefield in the region of eastern Ukraine where the Russian army made a surprise breakthrough this week and broke through Ukrainian defenses, Reuters reported, citing the regional governor of Donetsk region, BTA reports.
Ukraine said small groups of Russian infantry had advanced about 10 km (6 miles) toward its main defense line, near the town of Dobropilya, raising fears of a larger breakthrough that would further endanger key cities.