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Russia's defence ministry Wednesday released video footage of what it said was a downed drone at a briefing ‌intended to show Ukraine tried ‌this week to attack ‍a presidential residence and challenge Kyiv's denials that such an ⁠attack took place.Kyiv says ⁠Moscow has produced no evidence to support ‍its allegations and that Russia invented the alleged attack to block progress at talks on ending the war in Ukraine. Officials in several Western countries have cast doubt on Russia's version of events and questioned whether there was ‌any attack.Video footage released by Russia's defence ministry showed a senior officer, major-general Alexander Romanenkov, setting out details ‍of how Moscow ⁠says it ‌believes Ukraine attacked one of President Vladimir Putin's residences in the Novgorod region.Romanenkov said 91 drones had been launched from Ukraine's Sumy and Chernihiv regions in a "thoroughly planned" attack that he said was thwarted by Russian air defences, caused no damage and injured no one.The video released by the ministry included footage of a Russian serviceman standing ​next to fragments ‌of a device which he said was a downed Ukrainian Chaklun-V ⁠drone carrying ‍a 6kg explosive device which had not detonated.The ministry did not explain how it knew what the device's target was.Reuters could not confirm the location and the date of the footage showing fragments ​of a destroyed device. The model of the destroyed device could not be immediately verified.Other footage featured a man, identified as Igor Bolshakov from a village in the Novgorod region, saying he had heard air defence rockets in action.Ukraine did not immediately respond to a ⁠request for comment on the Russian defence ministry's footage.Meanwhile, Russian President Vladimir Putin used his annual televised New Year's address to rally his troops fighting in Ukraine, ‌saying he believed in them ‌and in victory in ‍a war that he has framed as part of ⁠an existential struggle with ⁠the West.US President Donald Trump is trying to ‍broker an end to the nearly four-year-old conflict, Europe's bloodiest conflagration since World War II, with both sides' negotiating stances still far apart.Dressed in a black coat, Putin - whose forces are advancing slowly but steadily in ‌Ukraine - spoke about Russia's destiny and the unity of its people, which he said guaranteed the sovereignty and ‍security of the "Fatherland".He ⁠paid tribute ‌in particular to his forces fighting in Ukraine, calling them heroes."Millions of people across Russia - I assure you - are with you on this New Year's Eve," said Putin. 

More than 1 million had suffered power cuts in UkraineTwo killed, 20 people hurt, officials sayTransport delays and blackouts disrupt life in KyivRussia intensifies attacks on Ukraine's energyEmergency crews restored power to many parts of Ukraine after an overnight Russian drone and missile attack on Friday struck energy facilities, plunging large districts of Kyiv and other areas into darkness and cutting water supplies.In the latest mass attack targeting the energy system as winter approaches, electricity was interrupted in nine regions and over a million households and businesses were temporarily without power across the country.In southeastern Ukraine, a seven-year-old was killed when his home was hit and at least 20 people were injured.In Kyiv, an apartment block in the city centre was damaged by a projectile, while on the left bank of the Dnipro that divides the capital, crowds waited at bus stops with the metro out of action. People filled water bottles at distribution points."We didn't sleep at all," said Liuba, a pensioner, as she collected water. "From 2:30 a.m. there was so much noise. By 3:30 we had no electricity, no gas, no water. Nothing."Ukraine's energy ministry said more than 800,000 customers had at one point suffered power cuts in Kyiv.By Saturday morning, the private power company DTEK said electricity had been restored to most of Kyiv residents, but local problems remained. It said power had also been restored in areas outside the capital and in Dnipropetrovsk region in the southeast.Authorities reported Russian attacks in different parts of the country throughout Friday. An official in the northern Chernihiv region said one person was killed when a car belonging to the local energy utility was hit by a drone.Ukrainians are bracing for a tough winter, as the full-scale war launched by Russia's February 2022 invasion nears its fourth anniversary. Russia has intensified attacks on the energy system in recent weeks, striking power plants and gas production facilities, and local authorities are struggling with the scale of repairs."They can't demonstrate anything real on the battlefield... so they will attack our energy sector," President Volodymyr Zelenskiy told reporters in Kyiv.Calling for more support from allies, he said that 203 main energy facilities in the country needed air-defence protection.Energy Minister Svitlana Hrynchuk met G7 ambassadors and representatives of some of Ukraine's biggest energy companies to discuss how allies could help protect the country against further attacks and repair the damage."The blow is strong, but it is definitely not fatal," Zelenskiy said.Speaking later in his nightly video address, he said Putin had deliberately launched the attack when world attention was focused on the "valuable opportunity" to move towards Middle East peace after the ceasefire agreement in Gaza."This marks a new record of Russian depravity, to intensify terrorist strikes and target civilian lives at such a moment," he said.Ukraine's air force said it had downed 405 of 465 drones and 15 of 32 missiles in this attack. Ukraine's stretched air defences are no match for regular barrages on such a scale.According to Zelenskiy, Russia waited for bad weather to attack and the inclement conditions reduced the efficiency of Ukraine's air defences by between 20% and 30%.Russia said its overnight strikes were in response to Ukraine's attacks on Russian civilian facilities.Ukraine regularly launches drone strikes against Russia's military and oil installations, although they are generally on a far smaller scale. Kyiv says it wants to force Moscow to negotiate a peace deal in good faith.For many Kyiv residents, the day started with power cuts, disruptions in the water supply and transport delays."We had no power or water when I left my house. I can't get to work because the subway is not operating and buses are overflowing," Anatoliy, a 23-year-old student, told Reuters.Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko said the assault was among the heaviest concentrated strikes on energy infrastructure and reported significant damage.Her deputy, Oleksiy Kuleba, said two million customers in Kyiv temporarily faced problems with water supplies.DTEK said its thermal power plants had suffered significant damage without providing details.