Russia has been waging an aerial bombardment campaign on Ukraine's power grid since autumn 2022 after invading the country earlier that year. It has damaged or destroyed most of Ukraine's thermal power generating capacity and has sometimes hit dams, but has not yet struck any Ukrainian-controlled nuclear facilities.

Zelenskyy is gambling that his surprise attack into Russia can convince Putin to negotiate an end to the 2½-year-old war which has produced an estimated one million casualties. But Putin continues to rely on the sheer weight of numbers to grind Ukraine down.

The Ukrainian military conducted a long-range drone strike on the Toropets strategic ammunition depot in Russia's Tver region, approximately 310 miles from the frontlines. -The attack destroyed one of Russia's largest ammunition facilities,

On the night of September 22, the Russian Federation launched missiles and 80 kamikaze drones at Ukraine. Air defense forces shot down 71 Russian drone, according to the Ukrainian Air Force's Telegram channel.

A drone strike in Russia's southern Krasnodar region prompted evacuations after it sparked a fire. Meanwhile, three people were killed in a Russian missile attack on the Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih.

Putin’s troops launch over 100 deadly glide bombs as boy, 12, killed in airstrike - Two women, 75 and 79, were also killed in the overnight missile strike on Kryvyi Rih