A day before Russian, Ukrainian and U.S. teams meet to talk peace, Putin's forces pounded Ukraine's energy infrastructure with dozens of drones and missiles.

Russia attacked Ukraine’s capital Kyiv with ballistic missiles early on Tuesday, local authorities reported, following a week-long pause in strikes on major cities and infrastructure agreed to by Russia and the US as Ukraine grapples with plummeting winter temperatures.

US President Donald Trump was "unsurprised" after Russia resumed intense attacks on Ukraine, ending a cold-weather pause he personally requested from Vladimir Putin, the White House said Tuesday. Trump announced on Thursday that Putin had agreed to pause attacks on Kyiv for a week during a spell of freezing weather,

German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul on Tuesday rejected accusations from Moscow that Berlin's support for Ukraine is driven by revanchism, calling the claims a distraction from Russia's own actions.

Ukrainian drone strikes on Russian refineries dropped to a six-month low in January, allowing the Kremlin to increase fuel supplies to the domestic market and resume gasoline exports.

Starlink-enabled drones have been linked to a number of recent deadly attacks by Russia on Ukraine.

US President Donald Trump wrote after a conversation with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi that the Indian leader is willing to abandon the purchase of Russian oil and linked this to the possibility of a faster end to Russia's war against Ukraine.

Russia disregarded ‌ongoing U.S. peace ​efforts by attacking Ukraine's ‍energy sector overnight ​on ​Tuesday, ⁠President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said. Zelenskiy said that Kyiv would reach out to ‌U.S. officials to discuss ​the consequences ‌for Russia ‍following the ⁠attack.