Kyiv, Ukraine – Russia has launched a “large -scale” unmanned and missile attack on Ukrainian energy facilities on Friday, when President Vladimir Zelensky resumed calls for mutual cessation of air attacks on important infrastructure. Zelensky's call to stop air bombing on energy premises rests on rhetoric from Kiev, Washington and Moscow, stopping the war just over three years after causing her that caused her A full -scale invasion of Russia.
The Ukrainian leader said that the first steps to establish real rest should be stopped by both Russian and Ukrainian air and military -marine attacks. Ukraine may become harder to anticipate and disrupt these attacks this week after the president Trump's decision to stop Both intelligence and military support after a controversial meeting with Zelensky a week ago.
“Ukraine is ready to go peace, and it is Ukraine who wants peace from the first second of this war. The task is to force Russia to stop the war,” he wrote in a social media position.
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Ukrainian Air Force stated that Russia launched at least 58 missiles and nearly 200 drones, which damaged energy premises across the country from Kharkiva in the east to Ternopil in the West. Firefighters fought with flames on the streets exhibited in the Kharkiv region, found images released in emergency services.
The Kremlin responded to the preliminary calls of Zelensky for stopping to air attacks, excluding any temporary ceasefire in Ukraine.
Zelenskyy Allies abroad expressed support for their proposal to a truce, which includes elements similar to the sad proposal set out by France. On Friday, Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who recently organized a Ukrainian leader, also gave the idea of his support.
“We support the idea of creating a ceasefire as soon as possible and stopping the attacks in the air and at sea as a measure to strengthen confidence between the parties,” Erdogan said at the online center.
The Russian Defense Ministry said on Friday that it conducted “accuracy” on the infrastructure of energy infrastructure, saying that the facilities support the Ukrainian military.
Russia “focuses on institutions related to the military-industrial complex of Ukraine,” said Russian Presidential Spokesman Vladimir Putin Dmitry Peskov.
Ukrainian Air Force stated that last month it opened fighter jets of the French movement Mirage-supplied to Ukraine for the first time the airport. The Air Force, together with the air defense units, beat 34 missiles and 100 drones.
DTEK, the largest private energy supplier in Ukraine, said its facilities in the Black Sea region were aimed at the fourth consecutive night. It states that the gas premises in the central region of Poltava “stopped” after hitting the attack on the night.
The naftogaz state gas company also stated that its production facilities were damaged without giving details.
Authorities have said at least five Ukrainian regions that Russia had sent energy facilities.
The last Russian air attack occurred after EU leaders, shocked by the US shutter, agreed increase the defense of the European bloc.
Meanwhile, Washington said the negotiations with Kiev have returned to ensure the ceasefire with Moscow after a week ago the audience that fell between President Trump and Zelensky. The United States and Ukrainian officials are expected to meet in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, AFP said a senior official in Kiev, and Zelensky expressed hope for a “significant meeting”.
Zelensky himself will go to Saudi Arabia on Monday to negotiate with Prince Crown Mohammed bin Salman. US Messenger Steve Witcoof said he would talk to Ukrainian negotiators about the “initial ceasefire” with Russia and “frames” for a longer agreement.
The Minister of Energy of Ukraine German Galushchenko said that Russia is trying to “harm ordinary Ukrainians by shelling energy and gas production institutions.”
Eight people were injured on Kharkiv on Friday, including a woman stretched out of the rubble lives, the city authorities said.