Ukraine war live updates: Russian strikes hit Ukrainian critical infrastructure; UK finance minister visits Kyiv

This is CNBC's live blog tracking developments on the war in Ukraine. See below for the latest updates. 

Ukraine came under attack from Russian aerial strikes overnight, which hit critical infrastructure in the central region of Cherkasy, local officials said. In the southeastern region of Zaporizhzhia, which is occupied by Russian forces, Moscow-installed officials there reported that Ukrainian drone strikes killed two civilians.

CNBC was not able to independently verify the events on the ground.

U.K. Finance Minister Jeremy Hunt is in Kyiv meeting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, and will meet with other officials throughout the day. The visit comes a day after U.S. President Joe Biden signed a massive Ukraine aid bill into law, which will provide the embattled country with tens of billions of dollars in more military and financial funding for its fight against Russia's invasion.

British Finance Minister Jeremy Hunt met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv, the Ukrainian leader said Thursday.

"I welcomed the UK's Chancellor of the Exchequer, @Jeremy_Hunt, and thanked him for the UK's largest defense aid package, worth half a billion pounds," Zelenskyy said on the X social media platform, thanking Hunt and the U.K. for their support.

"We paid special attention to the sanction policy. It is important to extend restrictive measures against Russia and make the circumvention of sanctions impossible."

He expressed gratitude for the U.K.'s government and said that Hunt would be meeting Ukraine's Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal later in the day.

— Natasha Turak

Two people were killed following an Ukrainian drone attack in the Moscow-occupied region of Zaporizhzhia, a Russia-installed official said.

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