KYIV, Nov 14 (Reuters) – Russia launched a heavy drone and missile attack on Ukraine early on Friday, killing six people in Kyiv and two more in the south in strikes on energy facilities, apartment buildings, and infrastructure, Ukrainian officials said.

Russian launched its deadliest attack in weeks against Kyiv, killing six people in the Ukrainian capital and causing widespread damage to residences.

A strike that killed six was the latest in a series of aerial assaults, many of which have targeted the power grid in an effort to deprive Ukrainians of energy as winter looms.

A large overnight drone attack on Russia’s Black Sea port of Novorossiysk has disrupted operations at one of the country’s most important oil export facilities. Local authorities in Krasnodar Krai said the strike ignited a fire at the Sheskharis oil terminal,