President Volodymyr Zelenskiy stated on Thursday Russian artillery had broken Ukraine’s vitality infrastructure within the front-line metropolis of Kherson, two days after the U.S. introduced that every facet had agreed to a truce on vitality strikes.
“Two days ago, there was a night when there were no strikes on the energy sector, today energy infrastructure in the city of Kherson was damaged by Russian artillery,” Zelenskiy stated in Paris. “I believe that the U.S. should respond with actions.”
The United States introduced separate agreements with Kyiv and Moscow on Tuesday to pause assaults within the Black Sea and in opposition to one another’s vitality installations, the primary such deal since Donald Trump returned to the White House in January.
“Our side, as long as no one understands who is monitoring what …, all this (evidence) will be prepared and transferred to the U.S., and after that we are waiting for America’s reaction, since they told us that they will respond to violations,” Zelenskiy stated after a summit of Ukraine’s allies within the French capital.
Kherson regional governor Oleksandr Prokudin stated work was persevering with to revive energy to shoppers who had been left with out provide on account of Russian shelling.
Moscow accused Kyiv on Wednesday of utilizing drones to assault vitality services in Russia’s Kursk and Bryansk areas, and within the occupied Crimean peninsula.
The Ukrainian army denied these accusations.
“The (Russian) military continues to produce fakes, seeking to make baseless accusations against Ukraine and prolong the war,” the army stated in a press release on the Telegram app.
Russia, which launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 and now holds about 20% of the nation, contends that it has noticed an vitality strike truce since March 18. Ukraine says Russia has attacked eight Ukrainian vitality services since that date.
Zelenskiy additionally stated in Paris he believed the Trump administration’s stance in the direction of Russia must be more durable, including Ukraine wanted Washington’s assist to be robust in negotiations.
Source: www.anews.com.tr