Russia launched a second major drone and missile bombardment of Ukraine in four days, officials said Tuesday, aiming again at the power grid and apparently snubbing U.S.-led peace efforts as the war approaches the four-year mark.

In total, Russia fired at least 293 drones and 18 missiles overnight, according to the Ukrainian air force. Those figures surpass the attack last Thursday night into Friday, when a total of 278 aerial weapons were deployed, including an Oreshnik hypersonic ballistic missile.

On Monday, the United States accused Russia of a " dangerous and inexplicable escalation " of the fighting, when the Trump administration is trying to advance peace negotiations.

Russia fired almost 300 drones, 18 ballistic missiles and seven cruise missiles at eight regions, Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky said.

Hello, this is Asami Terajima reporting from Kyiv on day 1,419 of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Today's top story: Russian troops are intensifying their offensive on Chasiv Yar, seeking to build up forces and deploying a range of weapons,

Moscow’s account has not been confirmed by Ukraine, but it highlights how dangerous the air war remains even with Western aircraft.

The full-scale war in Ukraine entered its 1,418th day on Jan. 11, matching the length of Nazi Germany's fight against the Soviet Union during World War II. Russia has "repeated almost all the worst things that happened in the 20th century,

January 11 marked a new milestone for the war in Ukraine: 1,418 days. That is how long the Soviet army fought against Germany from June 22, 1941, until Victory Day on May 9, 1945. To separate this victory from its own complicity in the Nazi rampage across Europe in the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact,