The Russian army is actively expanding launch sites for Shahed strike drones. One of these sites is located at the Shatalovo airfield in Russia’s Smolensk region, Militarnyi reports. According to the outlet,

Russia carried out its most extensive overnight aerial assault on Ukraine this year, Ukrainian officials said on Saturday (local time), striking major cities just hours after Kyiv, Moscow and Washington concluded the first known trilateral negotiations since the war began in 2022.

Russia conducted a missile and drone strike on western Ukraine, damaging vital energy infrastructure and prompting emergency power outages.

Russia launched a massive overnight attack on Ukraine using more than 70 missiles and 450 drones, Zelenskyy said, one day before peace talks resume in Abu Dhabi.

The situation on the frontline in Ukraine’s east “remains difficult” as Russian attacks persist despite talks to end the war, Kyiv’s top military general said.

This is Kateryna Hodunova reporting from Kyiv on day 1,444 of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Today's top story: Ukraine launched three offensive operations in 2025, including one in the

Ukrainians have accused Moscow of deliberately targeting the grid, leaving hundreds of thousands without heating in sub-zero temperatures A "massive attack" by Russian forces on Ukraine's energy infrastructure has caused power outages across the country,