Russia strikes homes, power grid

Zelensky says drone and missile barrage killed 3 in Ukraine and caused outages.

- ILLIA NOVIKOV

VALENTYNA Hrushova's apartment in Kyiv, Ukraine, was damaged Tuesday.

ROMAN PILIPEY AFP/Getty Images

Russia fired more than 650 drones and three dozen missiles at Ukraine in a large-scale attack that began during the night and stretched into daylight hours Tuesday, officials said. At least three people were killed, including a 4-year-old child, two days before Christmas.

The barrage struck homes and the power grid in 13 regions of Ukraine, causing widespread outages in bitter temperatures, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said, a day after he described recent progress on finding a peace deal as "quite solid."

The bombardment demonstrated Russian President Vladimir Putin's intention of continuing the invasion, Zelensky posted on the Telegram messaging app. Ukrainian and European officials have said Putin is not sincerely engaging with U.S. -led peace efforts.