KYIV: Ukraine on Wednesday said it was limiting power supplies across the country and warned of possible blackouts after a “massive” wave of Russian missiles and drones targeted the country’s battered energy system.

Moscow also said its forces had taken control of two more frontline villages, as it ups its attacks on land and from the skies with Ukrainian troops struggling more than two years into the war.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called Russia’s attack “deliberate, calculated and sneaky.”

“Almost 60 missiles and more than 20 ‘Shahed’ drones targeting life-supporting civilian infrastructure. Not a single military target. Life itself was the target overnight, as it has been for hundreds of other similar days in this war,” he said in a social media post.

The intensified strikes on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure triggered fresh warnings of blackouts as state power operator Ukrenergo said it was limiting supplies.

“Ukrenergo’s dispatch centre is forced to limit power supply to industry and business from 18:00 to 23:00. The scope of the restrictions will be distributed evenly among all regions,” it said in a statement.

“The reason for the restrictions is the shortage of electricity caused by a massive Russian missile and drone attack on energy facilities,” it added.

Russia’s defence ministry said its strikes were in retaliation.