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A Ukrainian drone attacked power infrastructure across Russian-controlled areas of southern Ukraine during an attack on Sunday, leaving hundreds of thousands of people without power.
Ukrainian officials said the attack was an attempt to “weaponize the winter,” as Russian forces targeted Ukraine’s power grid. The Russian attack continued overnight, killing two people, Ukraine said.
More than 200,000 homes in the Russian-held region of the southern Zaporizhzhia region were without electricity on Sunday, according to the local governor installed in the Kremlin.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in a Telegram post that fixing the country’s energy system remains a challenge, “but we are doing everything we can to restore everything as soon as possible.”
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky speaks at a press conference. (Jim WATSON / AFP via Getty Images)
He said two people were killed in overnight attacks across the country in Sumy, Kharkiv, Dnipro, Zaporizhzhia, Khmelnytskyi and Odesa.
In total, more than 1,300 attack drones, 1,050 guided aerial bombs and 29 missiles of various types were used by Russia to attack Ukraine this week, Ukraine said.
Meanwhile, negotiations continue between the US, Ukraine and Russia in an effort to reach a peace agreement. Zelenskyy has been arguing that Russia is not committed to the peace process.
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The 148th Separate Artillery Zhytomyr Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, fired an M777 Howitzer at Russian troops in the front area, during the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (REUTERS/Anatolii Stepanov)
“If Russia is deliberately delaying the diplomatic process, the world’s response should be decisive: more aid to Ukraine and more pressure on the aggressor,” Zelenskyy said on Sunday.
President Donald Trump denied last week, however, that it is Ukraine, not Russia, that is holding up a potential peace deal.
“I think he’s ready to make a deal,” Trump told Reuters of Putin. “I think Ukraine is not ready to make a deal.”
When asked why US intervention did not end the war, Trump replied: “Zelenskyy,” Reuters reported.
President Donald Trump is pressuring Zelenskyy to accept the peace deal. (Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP Photo)
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Trump declined to elaborate on why he believes Zelenskyy is holding back, saying he believes the Ukrainian president “had a hard time getting there,” referring to the peace deal. However, later in the conversation, Trump said he would like to meet Zelenskyy at the upcoming World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
