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The latest developments in Russia’s war on Ukraine. All times EST.

1:10 a.m.: The United States on Friday called on Russian President Vladimir Putin to acknowledge reality and pull troops from Ukraine after he finally called the conflict a “war.”

Since Putin ordered the invasion in February, Russia has officially spoken of a “special military operation” and imposed a law that criminalizes what authorities call misleading terminology.

But at a news conference Thursday, Putin himself used the word “war” as he said that he hoped to end it as soon as possible, Agence France-Presse reported.

“Since February 24, the United States and rest of the world knew that Putin’s ‘special military operation’ was an unprovoked and unjustified war against Ukraine. Finally, after 300 days, Putin called the war what it is,” a State Department spokesperson said.

“As a next step in acknowledging reality, we urge him to end this war by withdrawing his forces from Ukraine.”

The State Department said that, whatever Putin’s terminology, “Russia’s aggression against its sovereign neighbor has resulted in death, destruction and displacement.”

12:02 a.m.: The Kyiv region has about half the energy it needs, Oleksii Kuleba, head of Kyiv regional military administration, said on Telegram.

Work on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure is continuing “around the clock” to repair the damages from Russian missile attacks, he added.

Some information in this report came from Agence France-Presse.