Russia has launched one of the largest aerial attacks on Ukraine, Ukrainian officials said, hitting energy infrastructure across the country, killing at least five people and causing widespread damage.

Blasts rang out across Ukraine's capital Kyiv and other cities early on Sunday, as Russia staged its biggest missile attack since August and targeted power facilities with the winter setting in, officials said.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says that Russia has launched 120 missiles and 90 drones in a large-scale attack across Ukraine targeting its energy infrastructure