Major Russian attack injures 8 in Ukraine amid US diplomatic talks

Russia launched a major attack on Ukraine overnight as talks between Ukraine and the United States continued in Florida this week.

Moscow sent 653 drones and 51 missiles across Ukraine, wounding eight people, Ukrainian officials said.

French President Emmanuel Macron condemned the attacks, writing on X: “We must continue to put pressure on Russia to force it towards peace.”

Macron said he planned to meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and their British and German counterparts in London on Monday.

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Flamingo missiles from the Ukrainian company Fire Point are inspected in Ukraine on Thursday. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatski)

Zelensky said Saturday he had an “important phone call” with U.S. officials involved in talks with the Ukrainian delegation in Miami.

U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff on Friday shared an account of the discussions, which also included President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner.

The statement called the negotiations “constructive discussions on advancing a credible path towards a lasting and just peace in Ukraine.”

“The U.S. and Ukrainian sides emphasized the need to end the war and take credible steps toward a ceasefire and de-escalation to prevent further aggression and enable the realization of Ukraine’s comprehensive plan for redevelopment, intended to make the nation stronger and more prosperous than before the war.”

People gather in kyiv on Saturday during a power outage caused by ongoing Russian strikes on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure. (Maxym Marusenko/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

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Following Friday night’s Russian barrage, the Ukrainian Air Force said 29 sites were hit and the military was able to shoot down 585 drones and 30 missiles.

Three of the eight injured were injured in the kyiv region, local officials said.

The “massive” attack also targeted power plants in the country and the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant temporarily lost electricity overnight, according to the International Atomic Energy Agency.

The Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant seen in 2022. (Carl Court/Getty Images)

Zaporizhzhia is under Russian control and is not in use, but it needs energy to cool its shutdown reactors to avoid a catastrophic incident.

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Zelensky said a drone strike also “burned down” the train station in the town of Fastiv, near kyiv.

In retaliation, the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces later said that Ukrainian forces said their servicemen had struck the Russian oil refinery in Ryazan.