Ukraine continues to cripple Russia's energy sector by hitting numerous oil refineries, depots, chemical plants, and more with drones.

Kyiv's General Staff said its forces had struck storage facilities overnight in the Kaluga and Tula regions. Damages were still being assessed, it said in statements on each attack, adding that the depots supported Moscow's war effort in Ukraine.

At least four people were killed in the attack on the capital, which Ukrainian officials said involved ballistic missiles and drones.

Russia said on Friday that any placement of British military assets in Ukraine under a new 100-year partnership agreement between Kyiv and London would be of concern to Moscow.

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 and Russia have been exchanging major drone and missile strikes, with each seeking to gain an advantage as US President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration nears

Nato warplanes were scrambled overnight because of a major Russian missile and drone attack on Ukraine’s critical infrastructure.

Scott Bessent, U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to be secretary of treasury, looks on as he sits near his son Cole, on the day he testifies during a Senate Committee on Finance confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., January 16, 2025. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

Florida Senator Marco Rubio is being questioned for his confirmation hearing in front of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee

A major explosive factory deep inside Russia which supplies Vladimir Putin ’s army was attacked, says Ukraine. The plant is in the Tambov region hundreds of miles from the border with Ukraine.