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"Volodymyr Zelenskyy accused Russia on Tuesday of violating an agreement with
Donald Trump to hold off from attacking Ukraine’s energy systems in the depths
of a freezing winter, as its forces carried out large-scale airstrikes on Kyiv
on the eve of three-way talks in Abu Dhabi.
Ukraine’s president said Moscow carried out a massive and “deliberate” attack
overnight as temperatures in Kyiv plunged to -20C. It involved a record number
of 71 ballistic missiles as well as 450 drones, he said, sent to destroy energy
infrastructure.
More than 1,000 residential buildings in Kyiv were without heating on Tuesday.
Zelenskyy said Russia had broken a promise that Trump had last week framed as a
personal request to Vladimir Putin to stop hitting Kyiv and “various towns” for
a week because of the exceptionally cold weather. “He agreed to do that. And I
have to tell you it was very nice,” the US president said on Thursday.
The Kremlin later announced the truce would last only until Sunday. According
to Ukraine, the ceasefire should have continued until this Friday.
Zelenskyy said Russia had used this brief pause in fighting to stockpile
weapons. “Either Russia now believes that there are four incomplete days in a
week instead of seven, or they are really betting only on war and waiting for
the coldest days of this winter,” he said.
“We believe this Russian strike clearly violates what the American side
discussed, and there must be consequences.”"
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
