Russia rains heavy missile, drone attack on Ukraine, a day after strike on key energy infrastructure

Waves of Russian drones and missiles assailed Ukraine on Tuesday and killed at least five people, Ukrainian authorities said, in the second day of Moscow's bolstered aerial attacks against its war-torn neighbor.

Ukraine's air force said it shot down five cruise missiles and 60 Iranian-made Shahed drones launched by Russian forces in areas including the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv and the Kherson, Mykolaiv, Kharkiv, Sumy and Zaporizhzhia regions, according to a Google-translated Telegram post.

Two people were killed in the central Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih as part of the attack, with another five injured, regional Gov. Oleksandr Vilkul said in a separate Google-translated Telegram update, further announcing a day of mourning on Wednesday.

Another three people were killed in the offensive in the Zaporizhzhia area, according to a Google-translated Telegram report from local head Ivan Fedorov.

CNBC could not independently verify developments on the ground.

The latest fusillades come a day after Russia rained down a "massive" barrage of 236 drones and missiles on "critical Ukrainian infrastructure," including fuel and energy state facilities, the Ukrainian air force said Monday in a Google-translated update on Telegram, citing Commander Lt. Gen. Mykola Oleschuk. The force added that it had shot down 102 of these missiles and 99 of the drones.

"Like most previous Russian strikes, this one was just as vile, targeting critical civilian infrastructure," Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in his nightly address Monday.

He added that Ukraine's energy sector had suffered "a lot of damage," but pledged that "wherever there is a power outage, restoration is already underway. Our repair crews will work around the clock. We will