Russia launched overnight strikes on Kyiv and surrounding areas, Russian and Ukrainian authorities said on Saturday.
Russia's Defense Ministry said the strikes hit the Northern Bridge and the Meridian Plant. Moscow said the bridge was used by the Ukrainian military to transport weapons and military equipment, and the plant produces Flamingo cruise missiles. The ministry also said the strikes damaged several energy and industrial facilities in the Kyiv region, an electricity substation in the neighboring Zhytomyr region and a cargo vessel in the Black Sea.
Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko confirmed the strikes on the Northern Bridge. He said the capital faces an "extremely difficult" situation regarding power, heating and water supplies. Overnight temperatures dropped to 0 degrees Celsius (32 degrees Fahrenheit) in the city.
Kyiv region governor Tymur Tkachenko said energy facilities in three of its districts were hit. Ukrainian authorities said one person was killed and eight were wounded.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in a social media statement that Russia used 172 drones and 36 ballistic missiles. He accused Moscow of trying to "push Kyiv … and the entire country into a blackout" ahead of talks in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. He again called for increased support from the United States.
The strikes come days before a fourth round of trilateral talks between Kyiv, Moscow and Washington. Earlier US-brokered rounds have not produced breakthroughs, with territorial and security questions still in dispute. On Friday, US President Donald Trump said the war could be close to being settled and that he envisioned a "big, beautiful agreement" with Moscow involving "all of Europe."
Last Friday, a six-day local ceasefire in the Russian-occupied city of Oleshky, in the southern Kherson region, enabled the evacuation of some 800 residents. The source says US First Lady Melania Trump brokered the truce.