Zelensky says Russian attacks leave 600,000 people in Ukraine without power

Ukraine's president says highly critical infrastructure was damaged overnight, while emergency services say at least three people were killed.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said that at least 600,000 people across Ukraine are without power after deadly Russian missile and drone strikes overnight.

He said "very critical" energy infrastructure had been damaged in Kyiv and the capital region, as well as in the northeastern city of Kharkiv - despite US President Donald Trump's claim on Sunday of an "energy ceasefire" between Russia and Ukraine.

At least three people were killed and 21 injured in Kiev, the state emergency service DSNS said.

The Ministry of Defense of Russia announced that the country's "massive" attacks have targeted communication and energy facilities in Kyiv and Kharkiv regions used by the Ukrainian army.

The Ministry of Defense also announced that 902 Ukrainian drones were shot down overnight in a number of Russian regions, including the capital Moscow and Crimea - Ukraine's southern peninsula annexed by Russia in 2014.

The Ukrainian Air Force announced that Russia launched 39 ballistic and cruise missiles and 128 drones overnight, of which four of these missiles and 115 drones were shot down.

"Effective immediately, there is an energy ceasefire in the war between Russia and Ukraine. Both sides agreed. Don't break it!" Trump wrote in a social media post on Sunday.

President Zelensky has since repeatedly said that Ukraine is ready to stop its attacks on Russian oil refineries and other energy facilities if Moscow does the same.

But Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has said that Ukraine does not deserve a "respite" from the ceasefire. He added that under any ceasefire, Europe could "pump Ukraine with new weapons" to continue the war.

Russian President Vladimir Putin launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, and Moscow currently controls about 20 percent of Ukraine's territory.