Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and US counterpart Donald Trump spoke on Saturday, Zelensky’s chief of staff Andriy Yermak said in a Telegram post without elaborating.
“President Zelensky is now speaking with President Trump,” Yermak wrote.
This call comes in the wake of Russia ramping up strikes in Ukraine. On Friday, Moscow launched attacks on Ukraine’s power grid that caused blackouts across the country. On Saturday, power was restored to over 800,000 residents of Kyiv.
Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko described the attack as “one of the largest concentrated strikes” against Ukraine’s energy infrastructure, an AP report revealed.
Russia’s Defense Ministry on Friday revealed that Kinzhal hypersonic missiles and strike drones were used to target the Ukrainian power infrastructure.
Power grid targetted to erode morale
Each year since the war began, Russia has been trying to attack Ukraine’s power grid in winter in order to erode the morale of Ukrainians ahead of winter.
Winter temperatures run from late October through March, with January and February being the coldest months.
AP quoted Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as saying in his nightly address Friday that Russia was taking advantage of the world being “almost entirely focused on the prospect of establishing peace in the Middle East,” and called for strengthening Ukraine’s air defense systems and tighter sanctions on Russia.
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