The Russian military on Sunday launched hundreds of drones and missiles targeting energy and power plant infrastructure in Ukraine.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said the attack involved at least 120 missiles and 90 drones, including Iranian-made Shahed drones. Ukrainian officials said it was the largest long-range attack from Russia in at least three months.
“The target of the enemy was our energy infrastructure throughout Ukraine. Unfortunately, damage to objects due to collisions and falling objects has occurred. As a result of a drone attack in Mykolaiv, two people were killed, including two children. Six people were injured,” Zelenskiy said.
President Zelenskiy added that Ukrainian forces were able to shoot down 144 projectiles before they reached their targets.
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said the Russian military launched more than 200 drones and missiles into Ukrainian territory this weekend. (Christoph Soeder, pool photo via AP)
Explosions were reported in the Ukrainian cities of Kiev, Odessa, Zaporizhia, Kryvy Rikh, Dnipropetrovsk and in western Ukraine. The port city of Odesa is reportedly without power.
The Polish military responded to the attack by mobilizing its air force within its borders, but there were no reports of Russian weapons falling on mainland Poland.
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As temperatures cool in Ukraine, Russia has repeatedly targeted Ukraine’s energy infrastructure, a strategy adopted by Moshok in the past years of the conflict.
On November 14, 2024, a training exercise involving around 2,000 Ukrainian conscripts and veterans takes place in a muddy field at Champagne military camp in eastern France. (Reuters/John Irish)
The attack comes as President-elect Donald Trump is expected to soon appoint a special peace envoy to Ukraine to lead negotiations to end the war with Russia.
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The job is not expected to be a paid role; from 2017 to 2019, Kurt Volker served as special representative for Ukraine negotiations on a volunteer basis.
President Trump has been announcing at lightning pace the names of people he wants to serve in his cabinet and advise on important issues.
President-elect Donald Trump is preparing to appoint a peace envoy to Ukraine and Russia. (Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC)
President Trump has long maintained that he could negotiate an end to the war with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and Russian President Vladimir Putin. Few details are given as to how he will do this.
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According to reports, some advisers are pushing Kyiv to agree to terms that would create an 800-mile demilitarized zone to freeze the front lines and allow Russia to retain illegally occupied land, about 20% of Ukraine. He is reportedly urging President Trump to apply pressure.
It has also been suggested that Kiev should agree not to pursue NATO membership for 20 years, a plan that critics say shows deference to President Putin.
FOX News’ Morgan Phillips and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
