Ukraine's president says Russia launched more than 70 missiles and 100 drones as millions of Ukrainians celebrated Christmas.

Pope Francis has called for a “negotiation” to end the war in Ukraine in a Christmas Day message where he appealed for weapons to be laid down in global conflicts and reconciliation between enemies.

Pope Francis in his Christmas message on Wednesday called for talks between Ukraine and Russia to end the war that followed Moscow's full-scale invasion two years ago and has killed tens of thousands.

Ukraine’s grid operator said it was limiting power supplies at Christmas amid a large scale missile attack by Russia targeting the nation’s energy infrastructure.

Russia launched aerial attacks on Ukraine’s energy sector “on a massive scale” overnight into Wednesday, local authorities said, with explosions reported across the country amid intensified bombardments that have left Ukraine in a precarious position while the war grinds into a third winter.

In this image provided by the Ukrainian Emergency Service on Wednesday, Dec. 25, 2024, firefighters work on a site of an apartment building destroyed by a Russian attack in Kryvyi

Ukraine's Energy Minister Herman Halushchenko has reported that Russian forces are conducting a large-scale attack on Ukraine's energy system. Source: Halushchenko on Facebook; Ukrainian public broadcaster Suspilne Quote from Halushchenko: "The enemy is once again launching a large-scale attack on our energy infrastructure.

Ukrainian cities have been subjected to large-scale attacks on Christmas morning by Russian ballistic and cruise missiles