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Ukraine energy infra ‘under massive’ hit

KYIV – Russia launched a “massive missile and drone” attack on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure on Friday, a Ukrainian minister said, after Washington said talks with Kyiv were back on track to secure a truce in the three-year conflict.

The latest air assault came after EU leaders, shaken by the prospect of US disengagement, agreed to boost the European bloc’s defenses at a crisis summit on Thursday.

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And Washington said talks with Kyiv were back on track to secure a ceasefire with Moscow — after a public falling out between President Donald Trump and Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

US and Ukrainian officials were expected to meet Tuesday in Saudi Arabia, a senior Kyiv official said, with Zelenskyy voicing hope for a “meaningful meeting”, and US envoy Steve Witkoff pledging to speak to Ukrainian negotiators about an “initial ceasefire” with Russia and a “framework” for a longer agreement.

Early Friday, however, Ukraine’s energy and gas infrastructure was again “under massive missile and drone shelling”, Energy Minister German Galushchenko said.

“Russia is trying to hurt ordinary Ukrainians by shelling energy and gas production facilities, without abandoning its goal of leaving us without power and heating, and causing the greatest harm to ordinary citizens,” he added in a post on Facebook.

Five people were wounded in a strike Friday morning on Kharkiv, including a woman pulled from the rubble alive, the city’s mayor, Igor Terekhov, said in posts on Telegram.

“A fire broke out at the scene of the impact. A nearby apartment building was also damaged,” Terekhov said, adding that its residents were being evacuated.

He later added that a “critical infrastructure building” was damaged.

Kharkiv Governor Oleg Synegubov also said on Telegram that a Russian strike hit a private company in Kharkiv, and left cars on fire.

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