Andrii Melnyk, Ukraine's Permanent Representative to the United Nations, has said he expects the UN Security Council, convened over large-scale Russian strikes – including the use of the Oreshnik medium-range ballistic missile – to take very firm steps to stop Russian aggression.

The UN Security Council is set to convene an emergency meeting on 12 January at Ukraine's request to address Russian attacks, particularly the use of the Oreshnik intermediate-range ballistic missile.

The U.N. Security Council warns that Russia has escalated attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure, leaving millions without heat, electricity, or water during a harsh winter freeze. U.N. officials say Russian strikes are disproportionately affecting children,

Latvia's Foreign Minister Baiba Braže has said her country intends to request an extraordinary meeting of the UN Security Council in connection with Russia's "barbaric attack" on Ukraine and the use of a medium-range ballistic missile near the borders with EU and NATO countries.

Ukrainian foreign minister says Russian 'flagrant breaches of UN Charter' will be discussed during Monday's meeting - Anadolu Ajansı

Russia is already in a state of strategic defeat, and its attempts to intimidate the world with so-called "wonder weapons" and fabricated pretexts for escalation are merely a cover for a profound military,

At least four people have been killed in Russia's most intense overnight aerial bombardment of the year so far, according to Ukrainian officials and media. Ukraine’s capital Kyiv came under a short but intense attack from Russian missiles, head of Kyiv’s military administration Tymur Tkachenko said.