Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Saturday told the United Nations that it was senseless to ignore alternatives to Ukraine's peace proposals, warning the West of the danger of trying to "fight to victory with a nuclear power.

Russia is planning attacks on Ukrainian nuclear power plants, “aiming to disconnect” them from the energy grid, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told the United Nations General Assembly Wednesday.

The Russian president said an attack on Russia using conventional weapons supported by a nuclear state may trigger a nuclear response.

The American intelligence community warns that Russia might respond with greater force if Ukraine is permitted to use long-range missiles against targets deep within Russia. Despite this, experts believe that using these missiles won't significantly change the war's course,

Ukraine’s air defenses battled an overnight Russian aerial attack on the capital Kyiv for five hours, officials said Thursday, as missiles and drones again hammered the Ukrainian power grid. The Kyiv attack injured at least two people,