Russia Attacks Ukraine's Energy Grid After Zelenskyy Announces Talks With The U.S. | rssama.com

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia targeted Ukraine’s power infrastructure successful a large-scale rocket and drone bombardment during nan night, officials said Friday, hours aft Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said talks pinch nan U.S. connected ending the 3-year war will return spot adjacent week.

Ukraine came nether a “massive rocket and drone” attack, Energy Minister Herman Halushchenko wrote connected Facebook. At slightest 10 people, including a child, were injured, authorities said.

“Russia is trying to wounded mean Ukrainians by striking power and state accumulation facilities, without abandoning its extremity of leaving america without ray and heat, and causing nan top harm to mean citizens,” Halushchenko wrote.

In this photograph provided by nan Ukrainian Emergency Service, firefighters put retired nan occurrence pursuing a Russian rocket onslaught successful Kharkiv, Ukraine, connected March 7, 2025.

Ukrainian Emergency Service via Associated Press

Russia has many times targeted Ukraine’s powerfulness grid during nan war. The attacks person depleted energy procreation capacity and disrupted captious heating and h2o supplies. Ukrainian officials person accused Russia of “weaponizing winter” successful an effort to erode civilian morale.

Russia fired 67 missiles from air, onshore and oversea and launched 194 onslaught and decoy drones, Ukraine’s aerial unit said. Their superior target was Ukraine’s earthy state extraction facilities, it said.

In this photograph provided by nan Ukrainian Emergency Service, a firefighter useful to extinguish nan occurrence pursuing a Russian rocket onslaught successful Kharkiv, Ukraine, connected March 7, 2025.

Ukrainian Emergency Service via Associated Press

For nan first time, Ukraine deployed French Mirage-2000 warplanes delivered a period agone to thief repel nan attack, according to nan aerial force. Ukraine besides has Western-supplied F-16 combatant jets to sprout down Russian missiles.

Ukrainian defenses downed 34 missiles and 100 drones, nan aerial unit said, while up to 10 missiles didn’t scope their targets and 86 drones were mislaid from radars, presumably jammed by physics warfare.

Western-supplied aerial defense systems are important for Ukraine’s conflict but further U.S. thief is uncertain nether U.S. President Donald Trump, who says he is wished to extremity nan warfare and has paused American subject aid for Kyiv arsenic a measurement of pressuring Zelenskyy to negotiate.

In his nightly address, Zelenskyy said Thursday he would recreation to Saudi Arabia connected Monday to meet nan country’s crown prince, and his squad would enactment connected to clasp talks pinch U.S. officials.

Zelenskyy welcomed a European Union scheme to bolster nan continent’s defenses. He expressed dream that immoderate of nan caller spending could beryllium utilized to fortify Ukraine’s ain defense industry.

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