"Engineers in Kyiv scrambled on Saturday to stabilise a power grid brought to the brink by a campaign of Russian strikes, including one two nights ago. The city's residents huddled against bitter winter cold inside their unheated apartments on Saturday as engineers worked to restore power, water and heat. Prime minister Yulia Svyrydenko said that the power situation in the capital was still difficult, as the grid was badly damaged and people were using more electric heaters because of the cold."
"Ukraine's foreign minister Andrii Sybiha confirmed Saturday the UN security council would hold an emergency meeting on Monday to discuss Russia's latest large-scale attack on Ukraine, which used an Oreshnik intermediate-range ballistic missile. The meeting will address Russia's flagrant breaches of the UN Charter, Sybiha wrote on X. Stephane Dujarric, spokesperson for the UN secretary-general, said major attacks by Russia on Friday have resulted in significant civilian casualties and deprived millions of Ukrainians of essential services, including electricity, heating and water at a time of acute humanitarian need."
"Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Ukraine's lead negotiator Rustem Umerov spoke with representatives of the United States on Saturday as Kyiv and Washington seek to agree on a framework to end Russia's war in Ukraine. We continue to communicate with the American side on practically a daily basis, Zelenskyy wrote on the Telegram app. The governor of Russia's Belgorod region, which borders Ukraine, said on Saturday that 600,000 residents were without electricity, heating and water after a Ukrainian missile strike. In a statement posted on Telegram, Vyacheslav Gladkov said that work was under way to restore supplies, but that the situation was extremely challenging."
Engineers in Kyiv scrambled on Saturday to stabilise a power grid brought to the brink by a campaign of Russian strikes, including one two nights ago. Residents huddled against bitter winter cold inside unheated apartments as engineers worked to restore power, water and heat. Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko said the power situation in the capital remained difficult because the grid was badly damaged and people were using more electric heaters. Ukraine's foreign minister confirmed a UN Security Council emergency meeting to address a large-scale attack using an Oreshnik missile. UN spokespeople reported significant civilian casualties and widespread loss of essential services. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said his lead negotiator spoke with US representatives as Kyiv and Washington seek a framework to end the war. Russian regional officials reported mass outages after a Ukrainian strike, and Ukrainian forces struck an oil depot in Volgograd.
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