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Russia Today
3 days ago
- General
- Russia Today
Ukrainian attacks trigger power outages in Russia
The Ukrainian military launched drone strikes on multiple Russian regions late Monday evening, causing a complete blackout in the Zaporozhye Region and leaving parts of Kherson without electricity, according to local governors. The attack damaged high-voltage equipment in the northwestern part of Zaporozhye, resulting in a region-wide outage, Governor Evgeny Balitsky wrote on Telegram shortly before midnight. 'Healthcare facilities have been switched to backup power sources,' Balitsky noted, adding that authorities are working to restore energy supply through alternative routes as quickly as possible. About 20 minutes later, Kherson Region Governor Vladimir Saldo reported that a Ukrainian drone strike had hit a new substation in the Genichesky district, cutting power to a large portion of the region. 'More than 104,000 people and 44 socially significant facilities' across roughly 150 settlements were affected, Saldo said. 'All critical facilities were connected to backup power supplies,' he added. The strikes came just hours after Moscow and Kiev concluded the second round of direct peace talks in Istanbul, during which both sides exchanged memorandums outlining their respective proposals for resolving the conflict. According to the Russian memorandum, a 'final settlement' would require international recognition of the former Ukrainian territories as parts of Russia, and a full withdrawal of Ukrainian forces from those areas. The Ukrainian memorandum, as reported by Reuters, rejects Moscow's key demands, including recognition of the newly incorporated Russian regions, a commitment to neutrality, and limitations on the size of Ukraine's armed forces. The Kherson and Zaporozhye regions, along with the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics, formally joined Russia following referendums held in the fall of 2022. Crimea voted to rejoin Russia in 2014 after the Western-backed Maidan coup in Kiev.
Russia Today
18-05-2025
- Politics
- Russia Today
Moscow wants ‘lasting peace' with Kiev
Russia is seeking to achieve 'lasting and sustainable peace' by eliminating the root causes of the Ukraine conflict, President Vladimir Putin has said, in an extract of an interview released by Russia 1 TV on Sunday. In a video released by journalist Pavel Zarubin, Putin stated that Russia has 'enough strength and resources to bring what was started in 2022 to its logical conclusion' while accomplishing Moscow's key goals. Russia wants to 'eliminate the causes that caused this crisis, create conditions for long-term sustainable peace and ensure the security of the Russian state and the interests of our people in those territories that we always talk about,' he added. The president was apparently referring to Crimea, the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics, and the regions of Kherson and Zaporozhye, which overwhelmingly voted in favor of joining Russia in referendums in 2014 and 2022. People in these former Ukrainian territories 'consider Russian to be their native language' and see Russia as their homeland, he said. DETAILS TO FOLLOW
