Russian troops continue to fire missiles, drones and artillery in eastern and southern Ukraine, leaving millions of citizens without electricity after new strikes on energy infrastructure, Reuters and Agerpres reported on Monday.

“All hydro and thermal power stations were damaged and 40% of the high-voltage network was damaged to varying degrees” after eight series of Russian missile and drone strikes on Ukraine’s power system, so there is currently a “significant deficit.” production” of electricity, said Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal.

“Each of us must realize that we will have to get through this winter with significant restrictions on energy consumption,” he warned, according to CNN.

The port of Odesa on the Black Sea on Monday resumed operations that were suspended on Saturday after Russia attacked two energy installations with Iranian drones. Electricity supply to approximately 1.5 million Odessa residents is gradually being restored, but the situation remains difficult, reports the Ukrainian operator Ukrenergo.

The “very difficult” situation with electricity supply also persists in the capital city of Kyiv, as well as in four other regions in the west of Ukraine, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyi said.

At the front, Ukrainian troops repelled Russian assaults on 12 settlements in Donetsk and Luhansk regions in the east of the country, according to the daily summary of the General Staff of Ukraine. There, Russian troops continue to attack the cities of Bakhmut, Avdiyivka and Lyman.

The impasse continues in Ukraine

The Ukrainian army also says that the Russian enemy is suffering huge losses in the fierce battles that are taking place in the east of Ukraine, but reports from the ground indicate losses among Ukrainian troops as well.

“There are days with many seriously wounded: four or five amputees at once,” said Oleksiy, a Ukrainian military doctor who declined to give his full name in a statement to Reuters.

On the political front, President Zelenskyy held a series of phone calls with his American, French and Turkish counterparts over the weekend ahead of a G7-EU meeting that could lead to new sanctions against Russia.

However, peace talks to end the bloodiest post-war conflict in Europe are not expected, and Western powers, especially the United States, continue to provide military aid to Ukraine to defeat the invading Russian army.

US President Joe Biden assured Zelenskyi that Washington now prioritizes strengthening Ukraine’s air defense.

For its part, Russia does not see a “constructive” approach by the US in this conflict, said Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Serhiy Vershinin.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said last week that Russia’s near-total loss of trust in the West could further complicate a possible deal with Ukraine and warned of a protracted conflict.

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