. Russia pounded cities and energy facilities across Ukraine with around 100 missiles on Tuesday, causing widespread power outages in what Kyiv said was the heaviest wave of missile strikes in nearly nine months of the war. Power was knocked out in areas of several cities including Kyiv, Lviv and Kharkiv, and the national grid operator announced emergency electricity outages in northern and central regions. Residents in Kyiv were left to walk across dark streets in the centre, helped only by cars and traffic lights.