Russia launches its biggest attack on Ukraine's gas network since war began on the eve of winter

Russia has carried out its largest attack on Ukraine's gas network since Moscow's invasion began, Kyiv's state-owned gas operator says.

The overnight attack consisting of 35 missiles and 60 drones hit gas infrastructure in the country's Kharkiv and Poltava regions just as the country prepares for winter.

Moscow's military has targeted Ukraine's power grid relentlessly in waves of overnight attacks that have at times plunged millions into darkness and cut off heating supplies as temperatures plunged below freezing.

"The enemy carried out the largest mass attack on gas production infrastructure since the beginning of the war," Ukraine's state-run gas company Naftogaz said in a statement.

"As a result of this attack, a significant portion of our facilities have been damaged. Some of the d