Russian missiles damaged residential buildings in Ukraine's eastern city of Kharkiv and Odesa in the south, and a blizzard of drones caused temporary power cuts in Mykolaiv region and targeted the capital Kyiv,

Russia has used missiles and drones to attack Ukraine’s south, east and capital with almost 1,500 strikes in the last 24 hours, according to President Zelenskyy. Both Kharkiv and Odesa were hit by missiles, injuring 33 people. Ukraine says Russia has stepped up its use of drones to conserve its expensive missile stocks.

Russian forces struck Kharkiv with a new Molniya (lightning) drone on November 12, according to Kharkiv Regional Prosecutor's Telegram. According to the investigation, on November 12 at around 01:55 PM Kyiv time,

Russia and Ukraine have traded air strikes, after a week of intensifying rhetoric in which Russia tested a new missile on Ukraine. Russia has made close to 1,500 strikes on Ukraine since Sunday evening on about half of the country's regions causing dozens of injuries, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said.

Russia and Ukraine escalated their conflict over the weekend with a series of drone and missile strikes that left dozens injured and caused significant damage to infrastructure. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called for "unwavering" support from Western allies,

The escalatory attack comes after Ukraine reportedly used US and UK long range missiles to strike targets inside Russia