Russia on Friday launched a “large -scale” drone and missile attack on Ukrainian energy facilities, as President Volodmi Zelancesi made a fresh call for a mutual stop for air strikes on significant infrastructure.
Calling from Zelancesi to prevent aerial bombing on energy facilities, is based on the increasing rhetoric so far in its fourth year, on stopping the war with Kiev, Washington and Moscow.
The Ukrainian leader said that the first step to establish real peace should stop both Russian and Ukrainians aerial and naval attacks.
“Ukraine is ready to go on the path of 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 post on social media.
The Ukrainian Air Force said Russia launched at least 58 missiles and around 200 drones, causing damage to energy facilities from Kharkiv to West in the country.
The firefighters were struggling with a blast on a rowed roads with debris in the Kharkiv region, shown images issued by emergency services.
The Kremlin responded to the first call by Zelansky to stop for air strikes by taking out any temporary ceasefire in Ukraine.
Zelanski’s colleagues have supported their Trus proposal abroad and on Friday, Turkish leader Recep Tayap Erdogan, who recently hosted the Ukrainian leader, also supported it.
Wind and sea trip
Erdogan said in an online meeting, “We support the idea of establishing a ceasefire as soon as possible and preventing the attacks in the air, as a confidence-making measure among the parties,” Erdogan said in an online meeting.
The Russian Ministry of Defense on Friday confirmed that it carried out “accurate” attacks on energy facilities, claiming that they support the Ukrainian army.
Dimitri Peskov, spokesman for Russian President Vladimir Putin, said, “Russia” is targeting the facilities associated with the military complex of Ukraine. ,
The Ukrainian Air Force stated that it had deployed French Mirage fighter jets – was rushed to Ukraine last month – first to retreat the air strike.
Fighter jets with air defense units shot 34 and 100 drones out of missiles.
DTEK, the largest private energy supplier in Ukraine, said its features in the Black Sea region of Odessa were targeted for the fourth consecutive night.
And it said that gas facilities in the central poultry region “stopped operations” after the overnight attack.
State gas company Naftogaz also said that its production facilities were damaged, without details.
Officials in at least five Ukrainian areas said that Russia had targeted energy facilities.
The latest Russian aerial attack came after European Union leaders, which was shaken by the possibility of American disintegration, agreed to promote the rescue of the European block.
To meet US, Ukrainian officials
And Washington stated that the conversation with Kiev was on track to secure a ceasefire with Moscow – after a public collapse between President Donald Trump and Zelanski.
The US and Ukrainian officials were expected to meet in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, a senior Kiev official said, Zelancesi hoped for a “meaningful meeting”.
Zelansky himself will visit Saudi Arabia on Monday to talk to Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
American envoy Steve Witchoff stated that he would talk to Ukrainian negotiaters about “early ceasefire” with Russia and “Framework” for a long agreement.
Ukraine’s Energy Minister German Galusheko said Russia was trying to “hurt” energy and gas production facilities “.
City officials said eight people were injured in the strike on Kharkiv on Friday, in which a woman was pulled alive from the debris.
Late Thursday night, Ukrainian emergency service also stated that the “important infrastructure” was damaged in an attack on the Odessa region in the south, with no injuries.
Governor Vyacheslav Nagoda stated that Russia’s missiles hit an “important industrial facility” overnight in the Turnopil region.
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