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The main Russian nighttime targets were civilian infrastructure,
especially energy facilities, Ukraine President Volodymyr
Zelenskyy said, as another winter approaches three years after
Russia’s all-out invasion of its neighbor. The attacks targeted
mainly western and central Ukraine and injured at least five
people, the Ukrainian air force said.
Russian aerial assaults that hit civilian areas and the Russian
army’s drive to crush Ukrainian defenses along the
1,000-kilometer (620-mile) front line have not abated in recent
months, despite U.S. President Donald Trump’s attempts to stop
the fighting.
While Zelenskyy has accepted Trump’s proposals for a ceasefire
and face-to-face peace talks with Russian President Vladimir
Putin, the Kremlin has raised objections.
Amid recent diplomatic maneuvering, Putin was in China meeting
with Chinese leader Xi Jinping and North Korean leader Kim Jong
Un, as well as Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Those
countries are supporting Russia’s war effort, Washington says.
Pyongyang has sent troops and ammunition to Russia. China and
India have bought Russian oil, indirectly helping Russia's war
economy.
Zelenskyy described the overnight strikes as “demonstrative.”
“Putin is demonstrating his impunity,” Zelenskyy said on
Telegram, urging tougher sanctions on Russia. “Only due to the
lack of sufficient pressure, primarily on the war economy, does
Russia continue this aggression.”
In his daily video address on Tuesday evening, Zelenskyy said
the number of Russian drone attacks is growing, including in
broad daylight, and reported “another buildup of Russian forces
in some sectors of the front.”
Zelenskyy arrived in Denmark on Tuesday for talks with Northern
European and Baltic countries about new military aid and further
diplomatic support for Ukraine.
British Defense Secretary John Healey, meanwhile, arrived in the
Ukrainian capital Kyiv for meetings on how to strengthen
Ukraine’s military.
Zelenskyy was due later Wednesday in Paris for talks with French
President Emmanuel Macron, ahead of a Thursday meeting there of
European countries assessing what kind of postwar security
guarantees they might be able to provide with the United States.
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