Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy voiced outrage Wednesday over Russia’s continuing aerial bombardment of Ukraine’s energy infrastructure in apparent defiance of U.S. President Donald Trump’s demand for a ceasefire.
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Zelenskyy → voice → ceasefire
Moscow’s forces pounded Ukraine’s power grid, as well as oil and gas facilities, for the third straight night, Zelenskyy said, after Trump claimed that Russia and Ukraine had agreed not to strike energy infrastructure 4 1/2 years after Moscow’s forces invaded.
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forces → pound → infrastructure
Zelenskyy, meanwhile, has agreed to halt Ukraine’s monthslong campaign targeting Russian oil refineries that caused fuel shortages for Russians.
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that → agree → Russians
Ukraine’s last reported hit on an oil refinery was last Friday.
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hit → report → refinery
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Wednesday that details of the energy ceasefire are still being decided.
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details → say → ceasefire
“The work in that direction is continuing,” he told reporters.
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he → continue → reporters
Trump’s efforts to stop the fighting have made no progress.
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efforts → stop → progress
Ukraine claims it is pushing Russia back on the battlefield
Ukrainian officials say they are pushing back Russian forces in eastern Ukraine, which Russia’s bigger army has been trying to capture for years.
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army → claim → years
Ukraine has liberated 277 square kilometers (107 square miles) in the operation that started in the summer, Ukraine’s Third Army Corps commander Brig. Gen. Andrii Biletskyi said Wednesday.
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commander → liberate → summer
It was not possible to independently verify the claim, and Russian officials did not comment.
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officials → verify → claim
Ukrainian officials fear U.S. support for the war effort is falling away after Trump struck a deal with Russian President Vladimir Putin to import Russian diesel despite international efforts to sanction Russia for its invasion and isolate Putin.
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Trump → fear → Putin
Ukrainian officials said the deal would help Russia continue its invasion, while European leaders fear Moscow’s wider ambitions on the continent and accuse Russia of sabotage as part of a hybrid war on the continent.
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leaders → say → continent
Zelenskyy arrived in London on Wednesday for talks with British Prime Minister Andy Burnham as Kyiv and its European supporters race to shore up Ukrainian defences.
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Kyiv → arrive → defences
The Ukrainian leader could go to Brussels to attend a European Union summit later this week after his London trip.
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leader → go → trip
“We ask America and EVERYONE in the world who does not turn a blind eye to reality to respond — and to respond forcefully” to Russia’s ongoing aerial barrages, Zelenskyy said in a social media post Wednesday.
“Russia has squandered the opportunity for de-escalation and has clearly chosen to continue its insane war of annihilation,” he said.
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he → ask → annihilation
Russia hits three Kyiv power plants in attack, causing outages
The Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement Wednesday that its forces attacked Ukraine’s energy infrastructure in Kyiv, the wider Kyiv region and the northeastern Kharkiv region overnight, striking a total of six power plants.
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forces → hit → plants
Russian forces hit all three of Kyiv’s combined heat and power plants overnight into Wednesday, Prime Minister Serhii Koretskyi said.
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Koretskyi → hit → Wednesday
At least 600,000 people were left without power, Zelenskyy said.
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Zelenskyy → leave → power
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Russia fired 39 ballistic missiles and more than 120 drones at energy and critical infrastructure in Kyiv, the Kyiv region and Kharkiv overnight, Zelenskyy said.
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Zelenskyy → get → Kyiv
Ukraine fears dwindling U.S. support for its war effort
Ukrainian officials are concerned that U.S. support, especially the provision of military intelligence and the use of American tech titan Elon Musk’s Starlink satellite communications system, may be in jeopardy.
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Musk’s SpaceX overnight imposed a speed limit on Ukraine’s Starlink terminals mounted on drones, Serhii Beskrestnov, an adviser to Zelenskyy, said on social media.
Starlink is a vital tool for Ukraine, both in attack and defence.
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Starlink → impose → attack
It is used in long-range drone missions, interceptor air defence systems, and front-line logistics, Beskrestnov said.
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Beskrestnov → use → missions
“Obviously, this action cannot be a coincidence and is connected to the current political situation,” Beskrestnov said, without elaborating.
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Beskrestnov → connect → situation
SpaceX made no immediate comment.
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SpaceX → make → comment
Ukraine didn’t receive the usual advance warning from its partners of Russian missile attacks that hit Kyiv for the second consecutive night, Zelenskyy said Tuesday.
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Zelenskyy → receive → night
He did not specify which partners he was talking about when referring to the lack of a warning, but the development raised fears that the U.S. may not be providing Kyiv with usual intelligence.
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Yurii Ihnat, Ukraine’s air force spokesman, said there was no warning of an initial Russian ballistic missile attack on Tuesday night but Kyiv was warned about three later waves of missiles.
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Kyiv → say → missiles
Trump has said the U.S. has not stopped sharing intelligence with Ukraine, and a lawmaker on Ukraine’s parliamentary Defense Committee told The Associated Press that intelligence sharing with international partners has not stopped.
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sharing → say → partners
The lawmaker spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to give statements to the press.
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he → speak → press
Five people were killed and 36 injured in a Russian attack on the Ukrainian capital that lasted from Tuesday evening into Wednesday morning
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that → kill → morning
, Kyiv police said.
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police → say → ?
Ukraine attacks a Russian data centre with long-range drones
Ukraine is trying to fight back with attacks on other targets on Russian soil.
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Ukraine → attack → soil
Russian air defences overnight downed 902 Ukrainian drones over multiple Russian regions, illegally annexed Crimea and the waters of the Azov Sea, the Russian Defense Ministry said in a separate statement Wednesday.
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Ministry → down → statement
Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said 493 drones flew toward the capital region.
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drones → say → region
Most were downed far away, and 180 were intercepted as they approached the Russian capital, he said.
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he → down → capital
He did not report any damage or casualties.
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He → report → damage
In Russia’s Saratov region, one person was killed and several residential buildings were damaged, Gov. Roman Busargin said.
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Busargin → kill → region
Russia’s state-backed Sberbank confirmed an attack on its Saratov data centre, once slated to become Europe’s biggest data centre.
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Sberbank → back → centre
Russian state news agency Tass quoted Alexander Vedyakhin, Sberbank’s first deputy chairman of the board, as saying that Sberbank systems were operating normally.
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systems → quote → board
Zelenskyy visits London for talks on more help in the war
Burnham, the British prime minister, vowed to keep backing Ukraine in the war.
“My message to the Ukrainian people could not be clearer: We are with you for as long as it takes, and we will go further and faster in our support to back your courageous fight for peace in Europe,” he said ahead of Zelenskyy’s visit.
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