Russia attacked He expressed “extreme concern” that Ukraine’s power grid would be shut down overnight as part of an ongoing campaign to cripple Ukraine’s energy infrastructure before winter, and that the United States might provide Tomahawk cruise missiles to Ukraine.
Kyiv region governor Mykola Kalashnik said two employees of Ukraine’s largest private energy company DTEK were injured in a Russian attack on a power substation. Ukraine’s Energy Ministry said infrastructure was also targeted in the Donetsk, Odessa and Chernihiv regions.
“Russia continues its air terrorism against our cities and communities and intensifies its attacks on our energy infrastructure,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy wrote in X, noting that Russia had launched “more than 3,100 drones, 92 missiles and approximately 1,360 glide bombs” in the past week.
President Zelenskiy called for tougher secondary sanctions against buyers of Russian oil. “Sanctions, tariffs, and joint action against the purchasers of Russian oil, those who are financing this war, must all remain on the table,” he wrote, adding that he had a “very productive” phone call with US President Donald Trump and discussed strengthening Ukraine’s “air defense, resilience, and long-range capabilities” as well as “details related to the energy sector.”
Zelenskiy said the talks followed Saturday’s talks, during which the leaders agreed on Sunday’s agenda.
In an interview on Fox News Channel’s “The Sunday Briefing” after his phone call with President Trump, Zelenskiy was asked whether Trump had approved the Tomahawks.
“We’re working on it,” he said, adding: “Of course we expect such a decision, but we’ll see. We’ll see.”
President Zelenskiy said on Friday that he was discussing with U.S. officials the possibility of providing a range of long-range precision strike weapons, including the Tomahawk. ATACMS tactical ballistic missile.
Mr. Trump is dissatisfied with Russia’s efforts “We have made some sort of decision,” he said last week, without giving details, about whether he would send Tomahawks to Ukraine to help end the war. A senior Ukrainian delegation is scheduled to visit the United States this week.
“The Tomahawks topic is extremely worrying,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said in a statement published on Sunday.
“This is really a very dramatic moment in that tensions are rising from all sides,” he told Russian state television reporter Pavel Zarubin.
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, a close ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin, also said in comments published Sunday that he doubted the United States would provide Tomahawk cruise missiles to Ukraine.
“I think we need to calm down in this regard. Our friend Donald…sometimes he takes a more forceful approach, but then his tactic is to let go a little and retreat. So we should not take this literally, as if tomorrow will fly,” Lukashenko told Zarubin.
Ukraine’s energy sector has been an important battleground since Russia began its energy policy. full-scale invasion Over 3 years ago.
Recent attacks on Ukraine’s energy grid have Russian drone and missile attack At least 20 people were injured in Kiev on Friday, residential buildings were damaged and power was cut off across the country. Prime Minister Yulia Sviridenko described it as “one of the largest concentrated attacks” on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure.
Russia attempts to cripple Ukraine’s power grid every year before the onset of winter, apparently aiming to undermine public morale. Winter temperatures last from late October to March, with January and February being the coldest months.
The Ukrainian Air Force said on Saturday that 103 of the 118 Russian drones launched into Ukraine overnight were intercepted or intercepted by air defense forces, and the Russian Ministry of Defense said it had shot down 32 Ukrainian drones over Russian territory.
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