Ukraine’s Defense Forces carried out a series of high-precision strikes on important Russian military and infrastructure targets, significantly weakening the enemy’s ability to launch missile and aerial attacks,

Russia unleashed a major missile and drone barrage on Kyiv early Friday, killing six people, leaving gaping holes in apartment buildings and starting fires as the sound of explosions boomed across the city and lit up the night sky.

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andriy Sybiha said at the start of a meeting on Ukraine and defense cooperation that Kyiv needs to overcome what will be a “very difficult, very tough winter.”

Russia launched a devastating drone attack against Ukraine on Friday while Ukraine debuted use of a long-range cruise missile against Russia.

"Each affected refinery or oil terminal is minus millions of dollars for the Kremlin's war machine," an unnamed Security Service of Ukraine [SSU] source told state news agency Ukrinform. "We will continue to deprive the aggressor of resources until he [Russian President Vladimir Putin] loses the ability to wage this war."

In all, 25 locations across Ukraine, including the capital city Kyiv, were hit, leaving many areas without electricity and heating. Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko said on Telegram that major energy facilities were damaged in the Poltava, Kharkiv and Kyiv regions, and work was under way to restore power.

At least two people have been killed in a drone attack in Ukraine’s Odesa region, according to Ukrainian authorities.

Russia's Black Sea port of Novorossiysk halted oil exports on Friday after a Ukrainian drone attack, and oil pipeline monopoly Transneft suspended crude supplies to the outlet, two industry sources told Reuters.