Already the electricity grid has long suffered under such crippling attacks, with barely any time or necessary parts for repair.

The assault occurred just a day before anticipated Ukraine peace talks between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and President Trump, expected at Mar-A-Lago on Sunday. According to The New York Times, air raid alarms sounded around 1:30am local time as the strikes began, with Zelensky later stating on X that nearly 500 drones and 40 missiles were used, mainly on energy sites and civilian infrastructure in the capital.

Ukraine's Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko said on Telegram that 10 apartment buildings were hit and more than 20 people were injured. The Associated Press later updated the casualty count, reporting that 27, including two children, were wounded.

Zelensky has accused Russia of seeking to prolong the conflict and that ongoing peace negotiation efforts are simply a ruse. The Moscow side has accused Zelensky of essentially the same thing, and said he doesn't want to give up power.

Kyiv regional governor Mykola Kalashnyk announced of these latest strikes, "As of this morning, part of the left bank of the region remains without electricity. Currently, more than 320,000 consumers are without power."

Based on this fresh assault, Zelensky described, "Russian representatives engage in lengthy talks, but in reality, Kinzhals and Shaheds speak for them," he said. Russia has been chiefly relying Kinzhal ballistic missiles and Iranian designed Shahed in these daily strikes.

Dramatic direct hit of high-rise...