Ukraine war live updates: Over 200,000 left without power after latest 'massive' Russian drone and missile strike on Ukraine

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Early-morning Russian missile and drone attacks on several regions across Ukraine have left thousands of civilians without power and damaged energy infrastructure, officials said Thursday.

More than 200,000 consumers in the Kharkiv region were left without electricity after the latest strikes, Oleksiy Kuleba, the deputy head of the Ukrainian president's office, said on Telegram.

"This morning, another massive Russian attack on Ukraine's energy sector. The enemy launched dozens of drones and missiles in Kharkiv, Kyiv, Zaporizhzhia and Lviv regions," he said on the social media platform.

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy commented on the strikes, saying they reinforced the need for Kyiv to have more air defense systems, urgently.

Ukraine's national grid operator Ukrenergo said power substations and generating facilities in five regions were damaged in the attacks, Reuters reported.

Russian drone and missile strikes targeting infrastructure in several regions across Ukraine early Thursday show the need for more air defense systems, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said.

More than 40 missiles and about 40 attack drones were involved in the latest attacks, Zelenskyy said on Telegram, noting that while some of the rockets and unmanned aerial vehicles were shot down, not all were intercepted.

"Russian terrorists once again targeted critical infrastructure objects. There was another vile missile attack on Kharkiv and the Kharkiv region. Objects in other regions were also targeted: Kyiv, Zaporizhzhya, Odesa, and Lviv," Zelenskyy stated.

"Each of our neighbors in Europe, each of our other partners sees how