Russia to join US-Ukraine talks after massive overnight strikes on Kyiv energy sites

Russia launched 36 ballistic missiles and 172 drones at Ukraine overnight, targeting energy infrastructure in Kyiv and surrounding regions, even as Moscow prepares to join trilateral talks with the United States and Ukraine next week.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said all 36 missiles were directed at Kyiv and the surrounding region, with energy facilities bearing the brunt of the attacks. The strikes also damaged residential buildings, the Northern Bridge and a kindergarten, while disrupting electricity, water and heating supplies in the capital.A substation connecting the Rivne and Khmelnytskyi nuclear power plants to Kyiv and central Ukraine was hit in the Kyiv region. Other substations were damaged in Vinnytsia, Zhytomyr, Rivne, Kharkiv and Dnipro.