Marian Kushnir, a Ukrainian journalist, acted instantly after a drone struck his apartment building, grabbing his tactical backpack and running to the burning floors, where he rescued a four-year-old girl.

Russian strikes left much of Kyiv without heat, water and power during freezing temperature, even as Ukraine, Russia and the U.S. held talks on ending the nearly four-year war.

Kyiv is facing prolonged winter power outages as Russian missile and drone attacks continue to damage Ukraine's energy infrastructure, leaving many residents in the cold darkness.

Details: On 27 January, the Hungarian Foreign Ministry summoned Ukraine's ambassador in Budapest due to what it claimed were attempts by Kyiv to influence Hungary's parliamentary elections in favour of the opposition Tisza party. Ukraine's Foreign Ministry summoned the Hungarian ambassador in response.

Russian attacks on energy infrastructure have plunged much of the country into darkness and cold but haven’t broken its resilience.

Shivering in her flat after Russian strikes knocked out the heating, 91-year-old Lidia Teleschuk said she couldn't remember a winter this harsh since World War II.

Repair crews in Kyiv are racing to reconnect homes to power and heat, but subzero temperatures and repeated airstrikes have slowed their efforts.

Mutliple blasts were heard in central Kyiv as Moscow intensified a bid to inflict major damage to the city's power supply amid sub-zero temperatures.