On Thursday, Russia massively attacked several Ukrainian cities far from the front with rockets, cruise missiles and drones.
Strikes were recorded in the Odessa, Vinnytsia and Kyiv regions, killing one civilian and injuring several in Kyiv.
There was damage to energy systems and, as a result, emergency shutdowns in the power grid.
On Thursday night, Russia initially directed numerous kamikaze drones at the Ukrainian capital.
According to the head of the Kiev military administration, the aim was to identify and weaken Ukrainian air defense positions.
Rocket and cruise missile attacks on several cities, mainly in central and southern Ukraine, followed in the morning.
According to Ukrainian sources, the guided missiles were fired from both strategic bombers and ships from the Black Sea.
Ukrainian Commander-in-Chief Valeriy Zalushnyy said on Telegram that the Russian army had also deployed two Kinzhal-type hypersonic missiles, which could not be intercepted by anti-aircraft defenses.
In total, the Ukrainian armed forces reported 55 rockets fired, of which 47 were intercepted.
Several energy infrastructure facilities were damaged in the impacts.
This led to emergency shutdowns and other restrictions in the energy network.
The Russian Defense Ministry announced on Thursday that it had destroyed four military objects with precision missiles.
Nikolai Patrushev, secretary-general of Russia's National Security Council, said that when the "hot stage" of the "conflict" in Ukraine is over, "the Anglo-Saxon world will not stop the proxy war against Russia and its allies."
This is the usual Moscow narrative.
Meanwhile, the US government on Thursday declared the Russian mercenary group Wagner a transnational criminal organization and imposed sanctions on them.
This was announced by the US State Department and the Treasury Department in Washington.