Dead and injured after Russia strikes residential and energy sites in Ukraine | Russia-Ukraine War

Ukraine is calling for more sanctions and an asset freeze against Russia as it fends off intensified attacks, with a harsh new winter of war looming.

At least 10 people have been killed and more parts of Ukraine plunged into darkness after another night of intense Russian attacks across the country, local authorities said, as diplomatic momentum to end a nearly four-year war fades.

The Ukrainian military announced Saturday morning that hundreds of Russian drones, as well as missiles launched from the air, ground and sea, had targeted critical infrastructure, a frequent target of the Kremlin as another harsh winter of war looms.

Ukraine said its air force detected 503 air attacks, including 45 missiles and 458 drones, launched by Russian forces overnight. Most of the missiles passed through the defenses, with only nine successfully shot down, but 406 drones were intercepted.

Russian attacks have focused primarily on gas and electricity infrastructure, leading to power outages in several regions.

In the frontline Zaporizhzhia region, Governor Ivan Fedorov said three people were killed and six wounded in overnight Russian attacks on several districts, which hit a residential building, among other targets.

Two other people were reported killed in two districts of Donetsk, according to local authorities. Oleksandr Prokudin, governor of Kherson, reported two more people killed and ten others injured after several multi-story buildings, private houses and vehicles were hit.

kyiv Governor Mykola Kalashnyk said an attack in the Vyshhorod district injured a woman and hit civilian areas and energy infrastructure.

At least two people were killed and 11 others, including children, injured after a Russian strike hit a building in the eastern Dnipro region, local authorities said.

A “massive” strike was reported by Governor Volodymyr Kohut in the Poltava region, where another person was injured and periodic power cuts are in place to compensate for damaged electricity infrastructure.

“More pressure is needed”

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky reiterated his call for new sanctions against Russia and the freezing of its assets in the European Union before winter, saying that “Russian strikes show that pressure must be greater.”

“Russian nuclear energy is still not subject to sanctions, the Russian military-industrial complex still receives Western microelectronics, more pressure must also be put on the oil and gas trade,” he said in a statement.

The Russian Defense Ministry confirmed in its latest combat report that it had launched a “massive strike with high-precision long-range weapons from air, land and sea platforms,” including hypersonic ballistic missiles.

Russian air defenses shot down two guided aerial bombs and 178 unmanned aerial vehicles launched by Ukrainian forces. Eight more drones were reportedly shot down before noon on Saturday.

Violent house-to-house fighting also continues to rage in Pokrovsk, the city of Donetsk where tens of thousands of Russian troops have converged to demand control of greater territory and “liberate” buildings held for more than a year by Ukrainian soldiers, in intense close-quarters clashes.

Ukrainian General Oleksandr Syrskii said kyiv troops were stepping up attacks on Russian forces around the eastern Ukrainian town of Dobropillia to ease pressure on Pokrovsk.