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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Luke Harding

Zelenskyy accuses Russia of violating Trump-brokered truce amid cold snap

People look at a damaged apartment building in the snow
More than 1,000 residential buildings in Kyiv were without heating on Tuesday after Moscow’s massive attack. Photograph: Dan Bashakov/AP

Volodymyr Zelenskyy accused Russia on Tuesday of violating an agreement with Donald Trump to hold off from attacking Ukraine’s energy systems in the depths of a freezing winter, as its forces carried out large-scale airstrikes on Kyiv on the eve of three-way talks in Abu Dhabi.

Ukraine’s president said Moscow carried out a massive and “deliberate” attack overnight as temperatures in Kyiv plunged to -20C. It involved a record number of 71 ballistic missiles as well as 450 drones, he said, sent to destroy energy infrastructure.

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