Russia carried out a new massive drone and missile attack against Ukraine’s energy infrastructure on Saturday (6) in several regions of the country. Electricity went out in many of them, at a critical time with the approaching winter in the Northern Hemisphere and amid negotiations between Moscow and the United States to end the conflict.
The Ukrainian military claims that 653 drones and 51 missiles were launched on its territory overnight; 585 drones and 30 missiles were shot down, according to the army.
The attack affected energy supplies in Zaporizhia, Lviv, Chernihiv and Dnipropetrovsk. The Zaporizhya nuclear plant was left without electricity supply from external sources for about half an hour, according to the International Atomic Energy Agency.
In messages on the Telegram app, the administration responsible for community development said that at least 9,500 people were left without heat and 34,000 without water.
A railway center near Kiev was also attacked, destroying a depot and wagons, according to the public railway company. There were no injuries, according to the company.
“Russia continues to ignore any peace efforts and is instead attacking critical civilian infrastructure, including our energy and railway systems,” Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andriy Sepha said.
In recent weeks, the Kremlin has intensified its attacks on energy generation and distribution facilities in Ukraine. At the same time, envoys from Donald Trump’s government are conducting diplomatic negotiations in Moscow in an attempt to move toward resolving the conflict.
The talks continue on Saturday (6), but so far there are no expectations of reaching an agreement on the horizon. Russian President Vladimir Putin has hardened his position on the current negotiations, which is Trump’s third attempt to end the war.
The Kremlin has reportedly rejected all of the ideas most favorable to Kiev, such as territorial negotiations based on existing battle lines — which would leave about 15% of the vital area of the Donetsk region under Ukrainian control.
Ukraine’s European allies and the United States, which have advocated an agreement favorable to Kiev and punishing Moscow, are in fact disconnected from the discussions. Even among themselves, they have also expressed disagreements over the peace terms that Putin has dictated so far.
The main goal is the European Commission’s plan to obtain 1.3 trillion Brazilian reais from frozen Russian reserves, mostly in Belgium, to support a loan to cover Ukrainian expenses in 2026 and 2027.
The Belgians oppose this, saying this would expose the country to international prosecution. Prime Minister Bart De Wever caused a stir on Thursday (4) when he said that “it is an illusion to think that Russia can lose the war.”
Without defeat, Moscow will inevitably be integrated into the global economic system and will be able to demand its money back. In this case, according to the Europeans’ initial proposal, those who will finance the loans will be the countries of the continental bloc themselves.
European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said on Saturday that the United States remains the bloc’s main ally. In addition to developments in the negotiations, which have so far made no progress, the announcement also comes on the heels of the release of a strategic foreign policy document from the Trump administration in which Europe was identified as a victim of a “civilizational blackout,” suggesting that the continent may not be considered a reliable ally in the future.
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