The Ukrainian energy minister says Russia has launched a massive aerial attack against Ukraine, forcing the country to introduce preventive power cuts

Ukrainian officials say Russia has launched a major ballistic and cruise missile attack on regions across Ukraine.

Russia’s military on Tuesday said it would retaliate against Ukraine after Kyiv attacked Russian regions by firing six US-made ATACMS ballistic missiles, six UK-made Storm Shadow cruise missiles and launching one of the biggest drone attacks to date.

The scale of the assault on Wednesday was not immediately clear, but Ukraine’s energy minister called it “massive.”

Ukrainian forces used missiles and drones on Tuesday to target sensitive military and energy sites across Russia.

The enemy attacked the energy infrastructure of our region and Ukraine. Emergency blackouts have been introduced in six oblasts, but Lviv is not among them yet,” he wrote, confirming earlier reports that enemy cruise missiles had been seen flying toward western Ukraine.

Critical infrastructure facilities have been hit in two districts of Lviv Oblast as a result of a massive Russian missile attack. Source: Maksym Kozytskyi, Head of Lviv Oblast Military Administration,