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Russia-Ukraine overnight drone strikes on refinery and energy sites
The story so farEuropeans, including France, will join the US-mediated Russia-Ukraine talks in Abu Dhabi this week, defying Kremlin objections, according to Reuters and other reports. The Abu Dhabi talks, scheduled for Tuesday and Wednesday, are the first three-way round of negotiations among the US, Ukraine and Russia since February. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said some progress has been made on what post-war security infrastructure in Ukraine and Europe could look like, and that security guarantees are a key focus of the Abu Dhabi talks.
Still watching
- Will the Abu Dhabi talks produce any concrete agreement on security guarantees for Ukraine?
- Will Moscow accept the European participation in the Abu Dhabi talks, given its stated objections?
- Will the US and Europe agree on a security framework for Ukraine as part of a broader deal with Moscow?
- What caused the prolonged power outages in Kyiv, and how much of the blame belongs to city authorities versus Russian strikes?
- Will the trilateral talks among the US, Ukraine and Russia go ahead as planned despite the strikes on Kyiv?
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Russia-Ukraine overnight drone strikes on refinery and energy sites
- Europeans, including France, will join the US-mediated Russia-Ukraine talks in Abu Dhabi this week, defying Kremlin objections, according to Reuters and other reports.
- The Abu Dhabi talks, scheduled for Tuesday and Wednesday, are the first three-way round of negotiations among the US, Ukraine and Russia since February.
- US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said some progress has been made on what post-war security infrastructure in Ukraine and Europe could look like, and that security guarantees are a key focus of the Abu Dhabi talks.
Russian attack leaves 600,000 without power in Dnipropetrovsk
Russian overnight strikes on Kyiv energy infrastructure
- Russia carried out a massive overnight missile and drone strike on Kyiv and the surrounding region, targeting energy infrastructure and killing at least one person and wounding eight, according to the report.
- Russian strikes hit power facilities around Kyiv and damaged a major bridge over the Dnipro, straining the capital's power supply and heating systems as temperatures fell.
- Zelenskyy said the attack involved 172 drones and dozens of ballistic missiles, and accused Moscow of trying to push Ukraine into a blackout ahead of trilateral talks.
Russia bombards Ukraine power grid ahead of Abu Dhabi talks
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