- By Supratik Das
- Sun, 07 Dec 2025 10:39 AM (IST)
- Source:JND
Russia-Ukraine attack: Russia carried out one of its heaviest aerial assaults in months, striking transport and energy infrastructure across Ukraine even as US-Ukraine talks on a possible roadmap to peace entered their third day in Florida. Officials in Kyiv said 653 drones and 51 missiles were launched overnight. Ukrainian air-defence systems intercepted most of them, but 29 impact zones were recorded nationwide.
One of the worst-hit locations was the railway hub in Fastiv, southwest of Kyiv, where a direct strike destroyed the main station building and damaged multiple locomotives and rail carriages. Emergency crews worked through the night to control fires at the depot, while suburban train services around Kyiv and Chernihiv were cancelled.
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy condemned the attack, calling it “meaningless from a military standpoint” and accusing Moscow of targeting civilian transit routes to disrupt winter operations.
Power Stations Damaged; Blackouts Reported
The barrage also struck energy facilities in Chernihiv, Zaporizhzhia, Lviv, Dnipropetrovsk, and Odesa, according to Ukraine’s Ministry for Communities and Territories Development. In Odesa alone, more than 9,500 residents lost heating, and 34,000 people were left without running water after backup systems failed temporarily.
Ukraine’s national grid operator Ukrenergo said the strikes were part of Russia’s renewed effort to “exhaust the energy system before peak winter demand”. The ministry warned that emergency repair teams were facing “significant challenges” because of repeated strikes on the same substations.
A separate concern emerged at the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, which briefly lost all external power overnight, the 11th such outage since the full-scale invasion. While the reactors remain shut down, the UN’s nuclear watchdog said constant power is still required to cool reactor fuel and prevent a potential nuclear emergency.
Florida Peace Talks Enter Day Three
The intensifying strikes came as negotiations between US officials and a Ukrainian delegation continued in Florida. US special envoy Steve Witkoff said discussions with Ukraine’s National Security Council Secretary Rustem Umerov were “constructive” and that both sides had “agreed on the framework of security arrangements” for a potential post-war environment.
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The talks follow Witkoff’s nearly five-hour meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow earlier this week. While the Kremlin said no compromise was reached, it expressed willingness to continue the dialogue.
European leaders also moved to coordinate their positions. French President Emmanuel Macron announced he would meet Zelenskyy, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer, and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz in London on Monday to review the status of negotiations and increase pressure on Russia. Zelenskyy said Ukraine remained committed to a “just and lasting peace”, but warned that any settlement ultimately depended on Russia demonstrating “genuine readiness for de-escalation”.