The Ukrainian energy minister says Russia has launched a massive aerial attack against Ukraine, forcing the country to introduce preventive power cuts

The scale of the assault on Wednesday was not immediately clear, but Ukraine’s energy minister called it “massive.”

Ukraine has launched a "massive attack" that hit multiple targets in Russia 's Engels, Saratov, Kazan, Bryansk, and Tula, a senior Ukrainian official said. At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story.