A Ukrainian drone strike ignited fires at one of Russia鈥檚 Black Sea ports, officials said Sunday, ahead of fresh talks aimed at ending the nearly 4-year-old war.
Two people were wounded in the attack on the port of Taman in the Krasnodar region, which damaged an oil storage tank, warehouse and terminals, according to regional Gov. Veniamin Kondratyev.
Meanwhile, falling debris from Russian drones damaged civilian and transport infrastructure in Ukraine鈥檚 Odesa region, officials said, causing disruption to the power and water supply.
on Russian energy sites aim to deprive Moscow of the it needs to pursue its full-scale invasion. Russia wants to , seeking to deny civilians access to heat, light and running water in what Kyiv officials say is an attempt to 鈥渨eaponize winter.鈥�
The attacks came ahead of another round of between envoys from Russia and Ukraine on Tuesday and Wednesday in Geneva, just before the fourth anniversary of the on Feb. 24.
Speaking at the in Germany on Saturday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy suggested there were still questions remaining over for his country. Zelenskyy also questioned how the concept of a free trade zone 鈥� proposed by the U.S. 鈥� would work in the Donbas region, which Russia insists Kyiv must give up for peace.
He said the Americans want peace as quickly as possible and that the U.S. team wants to sign all the agreements on Ukraine at the same time, whereas Ukraine wants guarantees for the country鈥檚 future security signed first.
Zelenskyy鈥檚 concerns were echoed by Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, a ranking member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
鈥淯nless we have real security guarantees on whatever peace agreement is ultimately determined, we are going to be here again, because one of the things we know is that Russia has geared up not just for Ukraine, but to go beyond Ukraine,鈥� she told reporters in Munich on Sunday.
European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said Russia was hoping to win diplomatically what it had failed to achieve on the battlefield, and was banking on the U.S. to deliver concessions at the negotiating table. But Kallas told the Munich conference Sunday that key Russian demands 鈥� including the lifting of sanctions and unfreezing of assets 鈥� were decisions for Europe.
鈥淚f we want a sustainable peace then we need concessions also from the Russian side,鈥� she said.
Previous U.S.-led efforts to find consensus on ending the war, most recently , the capital of the United Arab Emirates, have failed to resolve difficult issues, such as the future of Ukraine鈥檚 Donbas industrial heartland that is largely occupied by Russian forces.
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