A “massive” Russian missile and drone attack has targeted power infrastructure across Ukraine, the country’s energy minister German Galushchenko has said. It is the largest such assault since early September, with reports of several explosions across Ukraine, according to authorities and local media.

Russia launched a major missile and drone attack on Ukraine overnight into Sunday targeting power plants and energy infrastructure across the country. The barrage was the largest attack on Ukraine since late August and the third largest so far this year.

Russia launched “one of the largest air attacks” of the war overnight, Ukraine’s foreign minister said, firing more than 200 missiles and drones at the country’s energy infrastructure. Andrii Sybiha said Russia targeted “critical infrastructure” in “peaceful cities,” causing “preventative” outages.

Biggest air strike in months raises fears for Ukraine energy infrastructure ahead of winter months. Ukraine’s largest private energy provider says that the early morning Russian air strikes on Ukraine’s power infrastructure has “seriously damaged” equipment at thermal power stations.

In response to Russia's large-scale missile strikes on Ukrainian territory, the military command of the Republic of Poland deployed both domestic and allied aircraft, according to the Operational Command of the Polish Army on social media platform X.

Russia launched a large-scale missile attack on Ukraine overnight on Nov. 17. No information was immediately available as to any damage or casualties reported, although multiple ballistic missiles were reportedly launched from the Black Sea,