
Winter Pause Ends as Russia Resumes Major Night Strikes on Ukrainian Cities
Russia launched its largest missile- and drone-based attack on Ukraine this year, hitting Kyiv and several other cities (Dnipro, Kharkiv, Sumy, Odesa) and targeting energy facilities, as temperatures plunged; the assault ended a brief reprieve Moscow had agreed after a personal plea from US President Donald Trump, with trilateral talks in Abu Dhabi looming and Ukraine warning of heat and power outages nationwide.