The Ukrainian president confirmed the new planned strikes on X after a meeting with his top general, Oleksandr Syrskii, on Sunday.
Moscow and Ukraine have increased their air strikes in recent weeks, with Ukraine attacking Russian oil pipelines and refineries, and Ukraine attacking Ukraine’s energy and transportation systems.
According to the private energy company DTEK, Russian drones flew over night into four energy facilities in the Odesa region of Ukraine. 29, 000 people were without electricity as a result of the strikes, according to local authorities.
Worst-affected location was the port city of Chornomorsk near Odesa, according to regional governor Oleh Kiper’s Telegram post. He claimed that “critical infrastructure runs on generators.”
Following the Ukrainian military’s all-clear, DTEK announced the start of urgent repair work. The report claimed that Russia had used 142 drones against Ukraine, with all but 10 of which it claimed had downed.
On Sunday, the Russian military claimed to have shot down 112 Ukrainian drones in the previous 24 hours.
Meanwhile, Dmitry Peskov, a spokesman for the Kremlin, blamed Europe for preventing US President Donald Trump’s peace efforts and for the continuation of the conflict.
He said, “The European warring party is continuing its fundamental course, it is not giving in,” in reference to the weapons deliveries made to Ukraine by the European Union on the sidelines of a summit in China.
His words were made shortly after a Russian airstrike in central Kyiv claimed the lives of at least 23 people and damaged EU diplomatic buildings.
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz expressed his concern that the conflict, which started more than three and a half years ago, would not end right away as Trump’s deadline calls for Russian President Vladimir Putin to consent to a meeting with his Ukrainian counterpart Zelenskyyi.
He stated to the public broadcaster ZDF on Sunday, “I am preparing myself for this war to last a long time.” He cited the cost of Ukraine’s capitulation as justification for diplomatic efforts to end the conflict.
Additionally, as part of her tour of the EU’s bordering states, Poland was visited by Ursula von der Leyen, the president of the European Commission.
Von der Leyen referred to Putin as a “predator” who could only be kept under control through “strong deterrence” while speaking alongside the Polish leader, Donald Tusk.
The president of the EU Commission also stated that the bloc would provide additional funding to member states along the borders of Belarus and Russia, and that protecting its borders is “shared responsibility”
According to the Institute for the Study of War (ISW), a US think tank, the Kremlin has tried to embellish its military victories in an effort to make its victory in Ukraine seem inevitable.
ISW’s most recent assessment of the conflict found exaggerations in General Valery Gerasimov’s claims about Russian gains.
Since the beginning of March, the Russian general had suggested that the Kremlin’s forces have taken 149 settlements and 3,500 square kilometers of territory.
Source: Aljazeera
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