Russia launched new overnight strikes on Ukraine’s power grid in an effort to weaken the country’s energy system before winter, while the Kremlin expressed “deep concern” about reports that the United States may supply Ukraine with Tomahawk cruise missiles.
Kyiv regional Gov. Mykola Kalashnyk said two employees of Ukraine's largest private energy company DTEK were wounded in Russian strikes on a substation. Ukraine's Energy Ministry said that infrastructure was also targeted in the regions of Donetsk, Odesa and Chernihiv.
"Russia continues its aerial terror against our cities and communities, intensifying strikes on our energy infrastructure," Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy wrote on X, noting that Russia had launched "more than 3,100 drones, 92 missiles, and around 1,360 glide bombs" over the past week.
Zelenskyy called for tighter secondary sanctions on buyers of Russian oil. "Sanctions, tariffs, and joint actions against the buyers of Russian oil - those who finance this war - must all remain on the table," he wrote on X.
He also wrote Sunday he had a "very productive" phone call with U.S. President Donald Trump, in which they discussed strengthening Ukraine's "air defense, resilience, and long-range capabilities," along with "details related to the energy sector." Their discussion followed an earlier conversation on Saturday, Zelenskyy said, during which the leaders agreed on Sunday's topics.
