Russia strikes Ukraine's power grid a week before peace talks
Dozens of missiles and hundreds of drones left regions without power; Zelensky says Moscow prefers killing to negotiating.
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Russia launched a series of attacks on Ukraine's energy infrastructure on Tuesday (3), with dozens of missiles and hundreds of drones, g1 reported. According to Reuters, power plants and substations were hit, and several regions lost electricity.
The bombardments come a week before the resumption of US-mediated peace talks, scheduled for November 10 and 11 in Abu Dhabi, in the United Arab Emirates.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said at least 33 people died on Monday (2), when Russia bombed twice a school used as a humanitarian aid center in Komyshuvakha, in the Zaporizhzhia region. According to him, about 50 people could be under the rubble.
In an interview in Berlin alongside Chancellor Friedrich Merz, Zelensky said the attacks show that Moscow is more interested in killing than in taking advantage of the humanitarian truce. The brief ceasefire in the Russian-controlled city of Oleshky had been negotiated with the help of US First Lady Melania Trump, and ended less than two days earlier.
The Russian government said it struck Ukrainian military units in the vicinity and claimed that up to 25 soldiers were killed.