its president Ukrainian Vladimir Zelensky told European Union leaders today that Russians the attackers are now targeting his country’s power grid, emphasizing that “Russia causes a new wave of Ukrainian migrants to the EU countries.”

In his message to the European Council, Zelensky said that Russia’s attacks on energy facilities in Ukraine “are designed to cause as many problems with electricity and heating as possible this autumn and winter in order to force as many Ukrainians as possible to seek refuge in your countries.” .

Energy-saving measures are being rolled out across Ukraine after a Russian missile and drone strike destroyed about a third of the country’s power plants in a week, Zelenskiy said.

In response to these attacks, Volodymyr Zelensky called on EU leaders to further strengthen Ukraine with advanced air defense systems and impose new sanctions on Russia to limit its ability to finance its military campaign.

He also stressed that Kyiv’s proposal to deploy an international observer force on the Ukrainian-Belarusian border is becoming “more timely” as the threat of a Russian attack from Belarusian territory grows.

Source: APE/MEB