Christmas on the frontline with Ukraine’s drone brigade - ON THE GROUND: In the forests near Kharkiv, Askold Krushelnycky speaks to soldiers spending Christmas fighting a hi-tech battle against Vladim

Moscow claims assassination attempts foiled as Biden pledges more weapons - US president condemns ‘outrageous’ Christmas Day attack

A massive Russian missile and drone barrage on Ukraine's energy infrastructure on Christmas morning was "inhumane," Ukrainian President Zelenskyy said.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has denounced an "inhumane" attack from Russia, which launched over 170 missiles and drones on his war-torn country's power grid on Christmas Day, killing one and causing widespread blackouts.

Russia on Thursday accused the Ukrainian security services of instigating a spate of 55 arson and bomb attacks on banks, post offices and police cars across the country.

A Ukrainian brigade said it required no infantry to destroy Russian positions in an operation in the Kharkiv region.

The prime minister described the Christmas Day bombardment of Ukraine as "bloody and brutal". In Kyiv, residents sheltered in metro stations as missiles rained down.

US President Joe Biden condemned the Russian missile and drone strikes on Ukraine on Wednesday, reiterating the United States' steadfast support for Ukraine.

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky said that more than 70 missiles and 100 drones targeted energy infrastructure sites across the country.

Russia unleashed a wave of missile and drone strikes on Ukraine during Christmas, targeting the country's energy infrastructure and cities in what President Volodymyr Zelenskiy condemned

President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for Ukraine peace envoy, Keith Kellogg, denounced Russia's mass attack on early Christmas morning, emphasizing that "Christmas should be a time of peace."