By Trendsetter Tribune 
Ukrainian drone strikes hit energy infrastructure across Russian-controlled areas of southern Ukraine on Sunday, cutting electricity to hundreds of thousands of residents and escalating the conflict over critical civilian systems.
More than 200,000 households in the occupied part of the Zaporizhzhia region were left without power, according to the Kremlin-installed local authorities. Ukrainian officials described the strikes as a response to Russia’s long-running attacks on Ukraine’s power grid, accusing Moscow of previously attempting to “weaponize winter.”
Russian attacks continued overnight, Ukrainian authorities said, killing two people and hitting multiple regions including Sumy, Kharkiv, Dnipro, Zaporizhzhia, Khmelnytskyi and Odesa. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said restoring Ukraine’s damaged energy system remains difficult but ongoing.
Ukraine says Russia launched more than 1,300 drones, over 1,000 guided aerial bombs and nearly 30 missiles in attacks across the country in the past week alone.
As fighting intensifies, diplomatic efforts to end the war remain stalled. Zelenskyy said Russia is deliberately delaying peace talks and called for increased international pressure on Moscow. U.S. President Donald Trump, however, claimed last week that Ukraine is less willing to reach an agreement, saying Russian President Vladimir Putin is ready to make a deal.
Trump blamed Zelenskyy for the lack of progress but later said he would be open to meeting the Ukrainian president at the World Economic Forum in Davos.