RUSSIA LAUNCHED A LARGE-SCALE MISSILE AND DRONE ATTACK ON UKRAINE’S ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE OVERNIGHT.
UKRAINE SAYS THE BOMBARDMENT LEFT AT LEAST 10 PEOPLE INJURED, INCLUDING A CHILD.
THE ASSAULT CAME JUST HOURS AFTER UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT VOLODYMYR ZELENSKYY ANNOUNCED TALKS WITH U.S. OFFICIALS AIMED AT ENDING THE WAR WILL TAKE PLACE NEXT WEEK IN SAUDI ARABIA.
THE UKRAINIAN AIR FORCE REPORTED 67 MISSILES AND 194 DRONES WERE LAUNCHED BY RUSSIA-
PRIMARILY TARGETING NATURAL GAS EXTRACTION SITES.
ACCORDING TO UKRAINE’S ENERGY MINISTER, RUSSIA’S REPEATED ATTACKS ON THE NATIONS POWER INFRASTRUCTURE ARE INTENDED TO HURT ORDINARY CIVILIANS-
DEPRIVING THEM OF LIGHT AND HEAT IN AN EFFORT TO ERODE MORALE.
UKRAINE’S LARGEST PRIVATE GAS PRODUCER SAID THIS LATEST STRIKE WAS RUSSIA’S SIXTH ATTACK IN THE PAST TWO AND A HALF WEEKS ON ITS FACILITIES.
MEANWHILE, A KREMLIN SPOKESPERSON DESCRIBED UKRAINE’S ENERGY SUPPLY AS A LEGITIMATE TARGET-
CITING ITS CONNECTION TO THE COUNTRY’S MILITARY-INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX.
FOLLOWING THE ATTACK, PRESIDENT TRUMP SAID HE IS NOW CONSIDERING LARGE SCALE SANCTIONS AND TARIFFS ON RUSSIA UNTIL A PEACE DEAL IS REACHED.
A MEMBER OF THE U.S. DELEGATION SET TO MEET WITH ZELENSKYY IN THE COMING DAYS HAS SIGNALED THE TWO SIDES WILL DISCUSS AN “INITIAL CEASEFIRE” AND A “FRAMEWORK” FOR A LONGER AGREEMENT.
FOR STRAIGHT ARROW NEWS, I’M KARAH RUCKER.