New attacks despite Trump's promises of a break

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New attacks despite Trump's promises of a break
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U.S. President Donald Trump has said Moscow has agreed to a week-long pause in attacks on the energy grid in Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities. Just hours later, Russia fired more than 100 drones and an Iskander missile into Ukraine.

The attack on Friday night involved 111 drones and an Iskander missile, according to the Ukrainian Air Force. In Zaporizhzhia, a residential building was hit and one civilian was injured, according to the regional governor. It is not clear what the targets were.

Russian attacks in recent days have left millions without heat in the bitter cold. Trump said Thursday that he had "personally" asked his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to stop the attacks and that the pause would last for a week.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy commented on the situation earlier this week.

"If Russia does not strike our energy infrastructure - power plants or other energy facilities - we will not strike theirs," he told reporters in Kyiv the day before the attack.

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