Russia launched another attack on Ukraine's energy infrastructure on Thursday, leaving over a million households without power and forcing emergency power to be implemented nationwide.

The assault targeted energy facilities across the country. Russia deployed an array of weapons, including 57 Kh-101 cruise missiles launched from Tu-95 bombers, 28 Kalibr missiles from the Black Sea,

The 11th attack this year on Ukraine's energy infrastructure comes amid uncertainty about how President-elect Donald Trump might deal with the conflict.

White House national security spokesperson John Kirby confirmed that Ukraine had been given permission to use long-range weapons in Russia "on an immediate-need basis, and right n