As a result of the attack on critical infrastructure, over 40% of residential buildings in Kyiv and part of Obukhiv district in Kyiv region remain without electricity and heating.

In Kyiv and the Kyiv region, more than 500,000 consumers were left without electricity due to Russia’s combined attack. Additionally, over 22,000 consumers in the Chernihiv region remain without power.

Leaders of Ukraine, Poland, Germany, France, the United Kingdom, Italy, and the EU will discuss prospects for peace on Saturday.

Since the beginning of the day, 62 combat clashes have occurred between the Armed Forces of Ukraine and Russian troops, with the enemy most active in the Pokrovsk and Kostiantynivka directions.

Police say the suspects raised around €7m (£6m) for the militant group over more than two years.

Russian forces once again attacked the gas and energy infrastructure of the Naftogaz Group.

Almost one million people were displaced when hostilities resumed earlier this month after the first truce broke.

A search operation was launched after three men and a woman went missing on Christmas Day.

A further 26 people are injured in the crash on a highway in central Japan, police say.

The meteor could be seen blazing through the night sky over Japan’s Mount Fuji