Major Russian attack injures 8 in Ukraine amid US diplomatic talks
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While talks between Ukraine and the United States continued in Florida this week, Russia launched a major attack on Ukraine overnight.
Ukrainian officials said Moscow sent 653 drones and 51 missiles across Ukraine, injuring eight people.
French president Emmanuel Macron condemned the attacks and wrote of X: “We must continue to pressure Russia to push towards peace.”
Macron said he plans to meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and his British and German counterparts in London on Monday.
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Ukrainian Fire Point’s Flamingo missiles are inspected in Ukraine on Thursday. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)
Zelenskyy said on Saturday that he had an “important phone call” with American officials who were involved in talks with the Ukrainian delegation in Miami.
U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff on Friday shared a summary of the talks involving President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner.
The statement said the talks were “constructive discussions on advancing a credible path towards a lasting and just peace in Ukraine.”
“The American and Ukrainian parties underlined that an end to the war and a ceasefire and credible steps to reduce tensions are necessary to prevent renewed aggression and enable Ukraine’s comprehensive redevelopment plan, designed to make the country stronger and more prosperous than before the war.”
People gathered in Kiev on Saturday over Russia’s ongoing attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure. (Maxym Marusenko/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
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Following Russia’s bombardment on Friday night, Ukraine’s air force said 29 sites were hit and the military was able to shoot down 585 drones and 30 missiles.
Local authorities reported that three of the eight injured were injured in the Kyiv region.
The “major” attack also targeted power plants in the country, with the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant temporarily losing power overnight, according to the International Atomic Energy Agency.
View of the Zaporizhia Nuclear Power Plant in 2022. (Carl Court/Getty Images)
Zaporizhzhya is under Russian control and not in use, but it needs power to cool its reactors, which have been shut down to prevent a catastrophic event.
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Zelenskyy said a drone strike also “burned down” the train station in the city of Fastiv, near Kiev.
In retaliatory attacks, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine later said that Ukrainian forces said their army had hit Russia’s Ryazan Oil Refinery.
