KYIV –
Russia and Ukraine accused each other of targeting civilians over New Year’s Day, with Moscow reporting a deadly strike on a hotel in territory it occupies in southern Ukraine while Kyiv said there had been another broad attack on its power supply.
The reports coincide with intensive talks overseen by U.S. President Donald Trump and aimed at bringing an end to the nearly four-year war. Each country has said the other is doing all it can to influence his views and shape the outcome.
“On New Year, Russia deliberately brings war. Over 200 attack drones were launched onto Ukraine in the night,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy wrote on Telegram, saying energy infrastructure in seven regions across Ukraine had been targeted.