Ukraine and Russia have been exchanging major drone and missile strikes, with each seeking to gain an advantage as US President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration nears

NATO member Poland scrambled fighter jets after overnight Russian missile and drone attacks on Ukraine, Warsaw's military said on Wednesday. Newsweek has reached out to Polish authorities and Russia's Defense Ministry for comment via email.

Ukraine introduced emergency power cuts in six regions amid what authorities described as a "massive" Russian missile strike, the national grid operator said on Wednesday.

Ukraine used six British Storm Shadow missiles and US-made Atacms tactical ballistic missiles in what Kyiv described as its “largest attack” on Russian military facilities.

Russia said on Monday it had downed nine Ukrainian drones that tried to attack part of the infrastructure of the TurkStream gas pipeline, through which Russian gas flows to Turkey and Europe, and called the attack an "act of energy terrorism".

Ukrainian officials say Russia has launched a major ballistic and cruise missile attack on regions across Ukraine

The barrage appeared to be one of the largest recent assaults in Ukraine’s campaign to damage Russia’s war machine on its home territory.

Nikolai Patrushev, an advisor to the Russian president, stated in an interview with "Komsomolskaya Pravda" that the Russian Federation is not indifferent to what is happening in Ukraine. However, he did not rule out the possibility that Ukraine may cease to exist altogether next year.