Russia launched a new widespread attack on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure overnight, forcing the country to implement emergency power outages, Ukrainian authorities said on Friday.

Russian forces launched a powerful aerial strike on Ukraine's energy infrastructure, in what Zelensky described as one of the heaviest strikes to date.

Russia has launched a huge attack on Ukraine's energy infrastructure, which authorities said was the twelfth large-scale attack on energy facilities this year. Ninety-three missiles and more than 200 drones were used - but 81 of the missiles were shot down, according to President Volodomyr Zelensky.

Russia appears to be packing up military equipment at a military air base in Syria, according to satellite images released by Maxar following rebels' overthrow of President Bashar al-Assad last weekend.

Russia is pulling back its military from northern Syria and posts in the Alawite Mountains but is not leaving its two main bases, four Syrian officials told Reuters.