MOSCOW, Feb 8, (Xinhua): Russian forces have carried out a large-scale strike on Ukrainian military facilities, using Kinzhal hypersonic missiles, Russia's defense ministry said Saturday.

Ukrainian Energy Minister Denys Shmyhal confirmed that Russia launched a major attack on the country's energy infrastructure, the second such strike on Ukraine's energy network in less than a week.

Ukraine's state-run energy company Ukrenergo has imposed emergency power outages across most of the country's regions in the wake of the attacks, Shmyhal said.

Russia also confirmed it has seized control of the settlement of Chuhunivka in Kharkiv region, the ministry said, noting that 158 positions held by Ukraine's armed formations and foreign mercenaries have been neutralized. Russian air defense systems have shot down one guided aerial bomb and 168 Ukrainian fixed-wing drones, said the ministry.