Zelensky says Russian strikes leave at least 600,000 without electricity

President Volodymyr Zelensky said at least 600,000 people across Ukraine were without electricity following deadly Russian attacks overnight. The strikes involved both missiles and drones, and the outages extended across the country.

He said critical energy infrastructure was hit in Kyiv, the capital region and the northeastern city of Kharkiv. The attacks came despite US President Donald Trump's claim on Sunday that an energy ceasefire was in place between Russia and Ukraine.

Russia's defence ministry described its overnight strikes as massive and said they targeted communications and energy facilities in the Kyiv and Kharkiv regions. The ministry said those facilities were being used by Ukraine's military.

Ukraine's air force said Russia launched 39 ballistic and cruise missiles and 128 drones overnight. It said Ukrainian forces shot down four of the missiles and 115 of the drones.

Zelensky has repeatedly said Ukraine is ready to stop striking Russian oil refineries and other energy facilities if Moscow also stops its attacks. His stated willingness to halt those strikes remains conditional on Russia doing the same.

President Trump said Sunday that Ukraine and Russia had agreed to an energy ceasefire. The announcement came shortly after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy vowed to continue striking Russian oil refineries in response to Trump's criticism.

The ceasefire's precise terms remained unclear. Zelenskyy said the announcement was news to him and later said Russia had struck Ukrainian energy infrastructure despite it, including a power plant in Kharkiv.

Zelenskyy said Sunday that Ukraine wanted peace and that its armed forces had received the appropriate orders. He said Ukraine was awaiting clear details of the dialogue between America and Russia and expected Putin to follow through on Trump's announcement.

A bipartisan group of six U.S. senators called Sunday for the Trump administration to immediately reverse its plan to purchase diesel from Russia. The planned purchases were part of an effort to lower high fuel prices.

Trump's Friday announcement described purchases of more than 300,000 tons of Russian diesel immediately, followed by 500,000 tons in November and 1 million tons afterward. He had also urged Zelenskyy for weeks to stop attacks on Russian energy infrastructure. Zelenskyy criticized the deal, saying it would help finance Russia's war in Ukraine.

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