UPDATED. 'We are constantly working with partners,' Ukraine Preisdent Volodymyr Zelenskiy says after talking to US President Joe Biden and the leaders of France and Turkey
KYIV, Ukraine – Russian forces pounded targets in eastern and southern Ukraine with missiles, drones and artillery, Ukraine’s General Staff said on Monday, December 12, while millions remained without power in subzero temperatures after further strikes on key infrastructure.
Russia does not yet see a “constructive” approach from the United States on the Ukraine conflict, RIA news agency quoted Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Vershinin as saying on Monday. Zelenskiy said other areas experiencing “very difficult” conditions with power supplies included the capital Kyiv and Kyiv region and four regions in western Ukraine and Dnipropetrovsk region in the center of the country.
Ukraine has said Russian forces are suffering huge losses on the eastern front in brutal fighting that is also taking its toll on its own troops. Ukrainian forces had also hit a recreational center used by Russian troops in Melitopol in the southeast, the city’s exiled mayor, Ivan Fedorov, said.On the diplomatic front, Germany’s Chancellor Olaf Scholz was set to give a news conference at 1630 GMT after Zelenskiy had addressed G7 leaders about the situation in Ukraine.
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