At least three people, including a four-year-old child in the Zhytomyr region, has been killed and dozens of others wounded across Ukraine in Russia’s latest attacks, according to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
Ukraine’s Energy Ministry says emergency power outages have been introduced in a number of regions, including Kyiv and its surrounding areas, after Russia again attacked energy facilities.
Polish and allied aircraft have been deployed to ensure the safety of Polish airspace after the attacks near Poland’s border with Ukraine
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The violence comes two days after United States-led peace talks in Miami that brought together US officials with Ukrainian and European delegations, alongside separate contacts with Russian representatives.
Polish aircraft deployed
Ukraine’s grid operator said most regions were experiencing emergency power outages as a result of the attack. Critical and energy infrastructure was damaged in the northern Chernihiv, western Lviv and southern Odesa regions, local authorities said.
Poland, a NATO member bordering western Ukraine, said Polish and allied aircraft were deployed to protect Polish airspace after Russian strikes targeted areas of western Ukraine near the border.
Moscow has stepped up strikes on Ukrainian energy and logistics to boost pressure on Kyiv as it seeks to soften the terms of a U.S.-backed deal that could involve painful concessions.
Weekend peace talks in Miami brought together U.S. officials with Ukrainian and European delegations, alongside separate contacts with Russian representatives, as Washington tested the scope for a settlement.
Russia, which is also pressing a battlefield offensive against outnumbered Ukrainian troops, has demanded that Ukraine cede its eastern Donbas region and significantly restrict its military capabilities before it stops fighting.
“Putin still cannot accept that he must stop killing,” Zelenskyy wrote on X. “And that means that the world is not putting enough pressure on Russia. Now is the time to respond.”
