More than a million households in Ukraine were left without power after a “massive enemy attack” overnight by Russia, targeting critical energy infrastructure facilities, CNN reported. Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed on Thursday that the air assault was in response to Ukrainian strikes in Russian territory using US-made ATACMS missiles.

President Vladimir Putin warned that his forces could strike “decision-making centers” in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv with new ballistic missiles as retaliation for attacks on Russia using Western missiles.

Russia is selecting targets in Ukraine that could include "decision-making centres" in Kyiv in response to Ukrainian long-range strikes on Russian territory with Western weapons, President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday.

Dmitry Medvedev said Russia could strike NATO military bases in Romania and Poland if Ukraine keeps on using long-range weapons.

Vladimir Putin, Kremlin leader, stated that Russia's huge strike on Ukraine on 28 November was in reaction to strikes on the territory of the Russian Federation. Source: Russian state-owned news agencies RIA Novosti and RBK,

White House national security spokesperson John Kirby confirmed that Ukraine had been given permission to use long-range weapons in Russia "on an immediate-need basis, and right n

Russian leader Vladimir Putin announced on Thursday additional assaults on Ukraine using the latest Russian hypersonic medium-range ballistic missile systems. He also stated that he would not allow Ukraine to acquire nuclear weapons and warned that,