Russia unleashed a major missile and drone barrage on Kyiv early Friday, killing six people, leaving gaping holes in apartment buildings and starting fires as the sound of explosions boomed across the city and lit up the night sky.

Friday's attack adds to growing anger and frustration among Kyiv residents as they face winter cold and darkness amid rampant power outages.

Moscow’s attacks on gas supplies, the main source of warmth for most Ukrainian households, could plunge millions into the cold.

In the summer of 2023, 37-year-old Iryna Krynina was working as an accountant in Krasnoyarsk, a Russian city on the Yenisei River in Siberia. She had no idea how drastically her life was about to change when her partner,

The Kremlin has warned Ukraine that it will eventually be forced to negotiate with Russia, saying Kyiv’s position weakens “day by day.” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov declared that Moscow remains open to a political settlement but will continue military operations to secure its long-term national interests.

A strike that killed six was the latest in a series of aerial assaults, many of which have targeted the power grid in an effort to deprive Ukrainians of energy as winter looms.

The video, likened to a scene from "Mad Max," was geolocated by NBC News to Pokrovsk, where fierce battles have been taking place as Russia pushes to capture the city.