Ukraine live: Putin hits energy facilities as Zelensky says allies gave ‘no warning’

US president says both Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelensky want the war to end, but they ‘don't know how to get there’

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Russia has ⁠struck a number ⁠of ​energy facilities ⁠in ⁠Ukraine's ​Kyiv, mayor ‌Vitali Klitschko said on Wednesday, even as president Volodymyr Zelensky has urged Donald Trump to make sure Vladimir Putin honours his so-called energy "ceasefire".

It comes after Zelensky claimed Ukraine received no early warning from its partners about five Russian ballistic missiles that hit civilian infrastructure in Kyiv earlier this week.

He characterised the barrage as "particularly vile" and emphasised that receiving intelligence from partners about such attacks "helps save lives" and is "one of the most critical issues".

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Russia has arrested a number of foreign citizens in recent years on charges widely dismissed as baseless.

One of the most prominent cases of a foreign journalist arrested in Russia ‌was the detention of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich in ​2023.