By — Amna Nawaz Amna Nawaz By — Veronica Vela Veronica Vela Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/zelenskyy-on-his-emotional-relationship-with-trump-and-fighting-russia Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Transcript A Russian strike on an aid station and shelter killed at least 26 people in southern Ukraine on Monday. It was the latest in an unceasing series of Russian attacks on Ukrainian cities and the civilians living there. Before the bombing, Amna Nawaz spoke with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as the war remains at a stalemate both on the battlefield and at the negotiating table. Read the Full Transcript Notice: Transcripts are machine and human generated and lightly edited for accuracy. They may contain errors. Amna Nawaz: Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced this evening that a Russian strike on an aid station and shelter killed at least 26 people in Southern Ukraine today. It was the latest in an unceasing series of Russian attacks on Ukrainian cities and the civilians living there.Before that bombing, I spoke with President Zelenskyy from Kyiv for a wide-ranging interview as the war…
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In short
Recent violence escalated after a Russian strike on a southern Ukrainian shelter and aid station killed at least 26 people. In response to continuous assaults on its power grid and false nuclear alerts planted in its air raid app, Ukraine retaliated by hacking Russia's emergency app and striking Russian oil, gas, and diesel facilities. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy noted that while President Donald Trump urged an energy cease-fire, Ukraine's compliance required Russia to cease targeting civilian energy grids first.
Key points
- Ukraine resumed military strikes on Russian refineries because Moscow continued targeting…: Ukraine resumed military strikes on Russian refineries because Moscow continued targeting Ukrainian electricity infrastructure.
- Proposals by President Donald Trump for an energy cease-fire stalled due to ongoing Russi…: Proposals by President Donald Trump for an energy cease-fire stalled due to ongoing Russian power grid bombardments.
- Ukrainian leadership maintains that reciprocal strikes on fuel facilities remain continge…: Ukrainian leadership maintains that reciprocal strikes on fuel facilities remain contingent upon Russia ending civilian energy attacks.