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Ukraine was plunged into a blackout after Russia launched a missile strike on Kyiv\u2019s energy grid
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Donald Trump<\/a> warned Ukraine<\/a> may end up Russian some day,<\/a> while claiming that the war-hit nation had agreed to a rare earth minerals deal<\/a> with the US<\/a>.
“They may make a deal. They may not make a deal. They may be Russian someday<\/a>, or they may not be Russian someday.
\u201cBut we\u2019re going to have all this money<\/a> in [Ukraine<\/a>] and I say, I want it back,” the president said in an interview with Fox News.
“I told them that I want the equivalent of like $500 billion worth of rare earths, and they\u2019ve essentially agreed to do that.\u201d
Meanwhile, Zelensky warned that if Trump withdraws US support for Ukraine, Europe will not be able to fill the gap.
\u201cThere are voices which say that Europe could offer security guarantees without the Americans, and I always say no,\u201d the Ukrainian president told The Guardian<\/em>.<\/a>
Parts of <\/a>Ukraine<\/a> were plunged into darkness by emergency blackouts after Vladimir Putin<\/a>\u2019s forces launched a massive overnight missile attack on Kyiv<\/a>\u2019s energy grid.
Ukraine<\/a>‘s state energy company, Ukrenergo, said it imposed emergency blackouts due to the Russian attack.
A solider claimed Russia\u2019s defence ministry was supplying donkeys to directly to troops
Ukraine’s energy minister has introduced emergency restrictions after Russia hit gas infrastructure overnight.
“Another attack on Ukraine’s energy system is under way,” German Galushchenko said in the early hours of the morning.
“At night, the enemy attacked the gas infrastructure. As of this morning, the energy sector is still under attack.”
Russia has consistently targeted Ukrainian energy infrastructure in a bid to economically cripple Kyiv and bring down morale.
If Donald Trump withdraws US support for Ukraine, Europe alone will be unable to fill the gap, Volodymyr Zelensky warned.
\u201cThere are voices which say that Europe could offer security guarantees without the Americans, and I always say no,\u201d the Ukrainian president told The Guardian<\/em>.
\u201cThose who are helping us to save Ukraine will [have the chance to] renovate it, with their businesses together with Ukrainian businesses. All these things we are ready to speak about in detail,\u201d he said.
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Ukraine was plunged into a blackout after Vladimir Putin\u2019s forces launched a massive overnight missile attack on Kyiv\u2019s energy grid.
Ukraine’s state energy company, Ukrenergo, said it imposed emergency blackouts due to the Russian attack.
Short-range aerial drones were the most common killer of civilians in Ukraine in January, the U.N.’s monitoring mission said on Tuesday, highlighting how drone use has ballooned during three years of war with Russia.
The U.N. mission said at least 139 civilians were killed and 738 wounded in January 2025, with 27% of the deaths and 30% of the injuries caused by short-range drones.
In total, the U.N. says nearly 12,500 civilians have been killed in the war including 650 children – though it has repeatedly said its tally is an undercount since it only includes deaths its teams have managed to verify.
Aerial drones, which at the start of the war were mostly seen as an auxiliary tool, have become one of the most important battlefield weapons in the conflict, with both Ukraine and Russia producing well over a million each in 2024.
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