Summary
As the time approaches 3pm in Kyiv, here is a round-up of today’s news in the conflict so far.
Seven people have been killed in Ukraine as Russia launched a barrage of air and drone strikes in the early hours of Sunday morning.
More than 200 strikes hit areas including the capital Kyiv, with Ukraine’s energy infrastructure the main focus of Russia’s attack.
The strikes were the largest aerial assault since August.
DTEK, Ukraine’s largest private energy provider said it had “seriously damaged” equipment at thermal power stations.
Emergency power cuts were put into place in Kyiv, Donetsk and the Dnipropetrovsk regions.
People were killed in Lviv, Dnipropetovsk, Odesa and Mykolaiv. Dozens have been injured.
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy sent his “deepest condolences” to the families of victims.
Meanwhile two people have been killed in Ukrainian drone strikes on the Belgorod and Kursk regions.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has said Vladimir Putin has not shifted in his thinking about the war in Ukraine.
A march by the Russian opposition in exile will begin at 1pm on Sunday in Berlin.
The Guardian’s Defence and Security editor Dan Sabbagh has the latest on the airstrikes here
One person has been killed and two injured in Russia’s Kursk region by a Ukrainian drone attack on Sunday.
Regional governor Alexei Smirnov said on the Telegram messaging app that the victims were journalists, who worked for the Bolshesoldatsky District newspaper.
