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Russia and Ukraine traded claims of strikes on energy infrastructure ahead of planned U.S.-mediated talks in Abu Dhabi next week, The Epoch Times reported Wednesday.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Russia had targeted power generation facilities and substations in several regions. Russia’s Defense Ministry said it had struck Ukrainian energy facilities that it claimed supplied the military and defense industry. Russian authorities also said a Ukrainian attack had set fire to an oil refinery in Yaroslavl.
These are statements by the parties to the conflict, not independently confirmed findings about the targets or damage. The report did not establish the scale of any refinery disruption, lost power generation or repair costs.
For households, utilities and businesses, the risk is further interruption to power and fuel supplies. The military claims alone do not establish how much capacity was lost or whether a particular facility remains out of service.
Ukraine describes attacks on its grid
In a November 3 post cited by The Epoch Times, Zelensky described a large overnight attack aimed primarily at critical infrastructure. He identified areas including Odesa, Kharkiv, Dnipro and Rivne.
He said Russia had launched 289 attack drones, 17 ballistic missiles and 59 cruise missiles. Those figures are the Ukrainian president’s account and have not been independently verified by JBizNews.
On Wednesday, Zelensky said Russian strikes continued virtually every day and that energy repairs were taking place around the clock, according to the report.
Moscow’s claims and planned negotiations
Russia’s Defense Ministry said it had attacked energy complexes in the Dnipropetrovsk, Kharkiv and Vinnytsia regions. Its assertion that the facilities supplied Ukraine’s armed forces and military industry is a Russian military claim.
The Epoch Times also reported Russia’s claim that Ukraine caused an overnight fire at a Yaroslavl refinery. That account does not independently establish responsibility or the resulting operational damage.
U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff said the United States would mediate working-level talks between Russia and Ukraine in Abu Dhabi on November 10-11, according to the report. The agenda is expected to include de-escalation, humanitarian issues and postwar security arrangements.
The planned talks do not constitute an agreed nationwide halt to strikes on energy facilities. Zelensky said Wednesday that negotiations should move forward quickly and that Ukraine had submitted its proposals to the American side, the newspaper reported.
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