Russia orders strike on Ukraine while peace talks held in UAE - Ukraine’s foreign minister

Ukraine's Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha, commenting on Russia's large-scale attack on the night of 23-24 January, has said that Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin ordered the strike at the very moment when talks on the peace process under the auspices of the US were underway in the UAE.

Source: Sybiha on X (Twitter), reported by European Pravda

Details: Sybiha noted that Russia's strikes hit, among others, Ukraine's largest cities – Kyiv and Kharkiv. In addition, Chernihiv was left without electricity following the attacks.

Russia's main targets remain unchanged: energy facilities and residential areas, Sybiha added.

"Cynically, Putin ordered a brutal large-scale missile strike against Ukraine right while delegations are meeting in Abu Dhabi to advance the America-led peace process. His missiles hit not only our people, but also the negotiation table," he stressed.

Sybiha said that this attack demonstrates that "Putin's place is not at the board of peace, but at the dock of the special tribunal".

Background:

• On the night of 23-24 January, Russian attack drones hit residential buildings in Kharkiv's Industrialnyi and Nemyshlyanskyi districts. Apartments in a multi-storey building caught fire, while student accommodation housing internally displaced people, a hospital and a maternity ward were damaged. Fourteen people were injured, including a pregnant woman and a child.
• Russian forces attacked Kyiv with attack drones and ballistic missiles. Hits were recorded in three districts; at least one person was killed, and three others were seriously injured.
• It should be noted that the first day of talks with the Russian and American delegations in the United Arab Emirates concluded on the evening of 23 January.

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