Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskiy has warned that Russia is gearing up to launch a major offensive targeting Ukraine’s nuclear power system, a move that would cripple the country’s energy grid.
Zelenskiy wrote in a post on X social media on Sunday that Kyiv did not see “any willingness” on the part of Russia to comply with any agreements or end the war.
“Instead, there is ample information about preparations for further Russian strikes on our energy sector and infrastructure, including facilities and networks that serve our nuclear power plants,” Zelenskiy posted
The Ukrainian leader explained that Russia has scaled up attacks on the country’s energy sites in an effort to cause power outages and to enhance human suffering in the middle of winter. Zelenskiy said the situation in the energy system remains difficult as thousands of homes are losing access to electricity and gas in the daily attacks.
Furthermore, Zelenskiy explained that Russian strike on the energy sector weakens and undermines the efforts of key states, in particular the United States, to end the nearly four-year-war.
Overnight Russian strikes on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure have increased in recent weeks, with barrages getting larger and the scale of damage becoming more serious.
Some 200 strike drones were launched against Ukraine’s Sumy, Kharkiv, Dnipro, Zaporizhzhia, Khmelnytskyi, and Odesa regions on the night leading to Sunday, killing two people and injuring dozens of others, including a child.
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