Merciless Russian Bombardment of Ukraine Continues 

Russia mercilessly bombarded Ukraine with more than 300 drones and ballistic and cruise missiles in its latest nighttime attack on the Ukrainian power grid, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Tuesday.

Despite President Trump’s belief that he can end the nearly four-year Russian war against Ukraine, Moscow is giving no public sign that it’s willing to end the invasion anytime soon. 

The latest attack continues to target Ukraine’s energy grid by knocking out heating in sub-zero weather to more than 5,600 apartment buildings in the capital, Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said. Nearly 80% of the affected buildings had recently had their heating supply restored after a major Russian barrage on Jan. 9 that plunged thousands of people into a dayslong blackout, he said. 

Ukraine is enduring one of its coldest winters for years, with temperatures in Kyiv falling to minus 20 C (minus 4 F).

At the same time, Russia has escalated its aerial attacks on the electricity supply, aiming to deny Ukrainians heat and running water and wear down their resistance almost four years after Moscow launched its full-scale invasion on February 24, 2022.