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\n Russia launched its biggest missile and drone attack on Ukraine so far this year on Tuesday, according to Ukrainian authorities, cutting heat to tens of thousands of people and ending a brief reprieve agreed to by Moscow and Washington as Ukrainians grapple with plummeting winter temperatures.\n <\/p>\n
\n CNN staff in the capital Kyiv reported hearing several strong explosions in the city and authorities in Dnipro, Kharkiv, Sumy and Odesa reported Russian strikes.\n <\/p>\n
\n Russian President Vladimir Putin last week agreed to pause attacking major Ukrainian cities and energy infrastructure until Sunday, following a \u201cpersonal request\u201d from US President Donald Trump, according to the Kremlin.\n <\/p>\n
\n The pause also came following trilateral talks between Russia, Ukraine and the US in Abu Dhabi, the first such talks since Moscow\u2019s invasion in February 2022.\n <\/p>\n
\n Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Russia\u2019s attack was focused on energy facilities across at least six regions and involved 70 missiles and 450 attack drones, which according to a CNN tally, is the largest attack of the year so far.\n <\/p>\n
\n \u201cTaking advantage of the coldest days of winter to terrorize people is more important to Russia than turning to diplomacy,\u201d Zelensky said Tuesday.\n <\/p>\n
\n \u201cThe Russian army exploited the US proposal to briefly halt strikes not to support diplomacy, but to stockpile missiles and wait until the coldest days of the year, when temperatures across large parts of Ukraine drop below -20\u00b0C (-4\u00b0F),\u201d Zelensky later added in a social media post.\n <\/p>\n
\n Almost 1,200 high-rise buildings across two districts in the capital Kyiv were left without heat due to the strikes, according to mayor Vitaliy Klitschko.\n <\/p>\n
\n Several multi-storey residential buildings and a kindergarten had been damaged, according to reports, Tymur Tkachenko, the head of the Kyiv military administration, wrote on Telegram. And three people were wounded in the attack on the capital, the State Emergency Service of Ukraine said.\n <\/p>\n
\n One resident of a building in Kyiv that was damaged overnight told CNN that she felt Russia\u2019s attacks on residential infrastructure were \u201call being done on purpose to make people kind of give up.\u201d\n <\/p>\n
\n \u201cI couldn\u2019t imagine that in such cold weather they could hit residential buildings,\u201d said Tetyana, who gave her first name only.\n <\/p>\n
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\n Video posted by the State Emergency Service shows flames billowing out of a high-rise residential block and response teams working through the night in freezing conditions.\n <\/p>\n
\n In southern Ukraine\u2019s Odesa, more than 50,000 people were left without power, the regional military administration said. The country\u2019s second largest city Kharkiv was attacked by Russian missiles and drones that targeted the city\u2019s energy infrastructure, causing damage that will leave at least 820 high-rise buildings without heat supply, Kharkiv mayor Ihor Terekhov said on Telegram. And Dnipro, in eastern Ukraine, was attacked by ballistic missiles, according to the Ukrainian Air Force.\n <\/p>\n
\n \u201cThe goal is obvious: to cause maximum damage and leave the city without heat in severe frost,\u201d Terekhov said.\n <\/p>\n
\n Kyiv residents spent 7 hours under an air raid alert, and the attack came as Ukrainians contend with some of the coldest temperatures this winter. On early Tuesday morning local time, the temperature in Kyiv was -20 Celsius ( – 4 Fahrenheit) and in Kharkiv -25 C (-13 F).\n <\/p>\n
\n Residents could be seen taking shelter at the Kyiv metro bundled up in thick coats and hats, and huddled under sleeping bags and blankets.\n <\/p>\n
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