Zelensky Repeats Calls for Air Truce after Russian Attacks on Energy Facilities

On Friday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky repeated his calls for a truce after Russian attacks on key infrastructure targets in Ukraine.

Russia conducted aerial bombardments on energy facilities.

The Ukrainian President said the first steps to establishing real peace should be stopping both Russian and Ukrainian aerial and naval attacks.

He posted on social media: "Ukraine is ready to go the way of peace, and it is Ukraine that wants peace from the very first second of this war. The task is to force Russia to stop the war."

The Ukrainian air force said Russia had launched at least 58 missiles and nearly 200 drones, damaging energy facilities across the country.

The Kremlin responded to earlier calls by Zelensky for a halt to aerial attacks.

Several allies supported Zelensky's truce proposal.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said: "We support the idea of establishing a ceasefire as soon as possible and stopping attacks in the air and at sea as a confidence-building measure between the parties."

The Russian defense ministry confirmed on Friday it had carried out "precision" strikes on energy facilities, claiming they support the Ukrainian military.

Russia is "targeting facilities linked to Ukraine's military-industrial complex," Russian President Vladimir Putin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.