But Kyiv was under fierce pressure in the eastern town of Bakhmut while Moscow said it had downed a "massive" barrage of Ukrainian drones launched at the Crimean peninsula, annexed by the Kremlin in 2014.
"We survived the most difficult winter in our history. It was cold and dark, but we were unbreakable," Kuleba said in a statement. "Engineers are also continuing repairs at all power system facilities that were previously damaged by Russian missile and drone attacks," it said. The foreign minister's comments came as fighting in eastern Ukraine appears to be reaching a precarious moment for Kyiv around Bakhmut in what has become the longest and bloodiest battle of Russia's invasion.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy in an address to the nation Tuesday said the fighting around Bakhmut was "increasing."'You cannot help' The Ukrainian presidency said Wednesday that Russian attacks in the region of Donetsk had left three civilians dead and another four injured.