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Ukraine in energy blackout, Russia attacks Kiev with missile and drone barrages
2026-01-20 23:20:03 / BOTA
Russia launched another massive barrage of missiles and drones on Kiev, cutting off electricity, water and heating to much of the Ukrainian capital and plunging it deeper into crisis amid the harshest winter of the war.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Tuesday that the Russian attacks had "included a significant number of ballistic and cruise missiles" and "more than 300 attack drones," A2 writes.
Russia has intensified its air strikes on Ukraine and its critical infrastructure over the winter, Kiev officials say, in an attempt to bring the country to its knees, as a deep freeze grips the war-weary nation.
The barrage of bombing came hours after the Kremlin said US President Donald Trump had invited Vladimir Putin to sit with him on a "Peace Board" set up to mediate the conflict in Gaza and other geopolitical flashpoints, potentially including Ukraine.
Trump sent an invitation to Zelenskyy to join the Peace Board, the Ukrainian president told the FT.
"We have received the invitation to the Peace Council. Diplomats are working on this invitation. To be honest, Russia is our enemy. Belarus is its ally. It is very difficult for me to imagine how we and Russia can be together in some kind of council," Zelenskyy said in a text message.
Before accepting it, Zelenskyy wants to better understand how the board will operate, two people familiar with the matter said, and whether Trump intends for it to operate independently or replace a board currently being discussed by U.S. and Ukrainian negotiators as part of a peace plan to end Russia's war.
A senior Ukrainian official told the FT last week that the current draft of the 20-point US-Ukraine peace plan “provides that its implementation will be monitored and guaranteed by a Peace Board, chaired by President Trump”.
The official said the plan stated that Ukraine, Europe, NATO, Russia and the United States would all be part of a board specifically created for the Russia-Ukraine war. The Trump administration has not clarified whether this is separate, according to the official.
Zelenskyy told the FT he was staying in Ukraine “for the time being” rather than traveling to the World Economic Forum in Davos. “I am choosing Ukraine over an economic forum,” he said. The Ukrainian president was expected to meet Trump and European leaders in the Swiss resort and potentially sign documents on the country’s economic prosperity and post-war security that had been negotiated with the US.
Zelenskyy added that he was ready to change his plans if there were signals that the American side was ready to sign the documents, which he described as "the last mile." "If the documents are ready, we will have a meeting and there will be a trip. If there are energy packages, or even a meeting and a decision on additional air defense, I will certainly travel," he added.
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