LONDON — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged the world to not “flip a blind eye” to Russia’s intensifying long-range assaults on Ukrainian cities and important infrastructure, after per week during which Zelenskyy mentioned Moscow launched greater than 3,300 munitions into the nation.
Zelenskyy mentioned on Sunday that the previous week noticed Russia launch greater than 2,000 assault drones, 1,200 guided aerial bombs and 116 missiles into Ukraine. “Virtually daily, they strike power amenities, logistics infrastructure, and residential buildings. And that is taking place at the same time as diplomatic efforts for peace are ongoing,” Zelenskyy mentioned in a submit to social media.
Ukraine’s air pressure mentioned Russia launched 101 drones into the nation on Saturday night time into Sunday morning, of which 69 had been shot down or suppressed. Thirty-two drones impacted throughout 13 places, the air pressure mentioned.
Russia has been waging a sustained offensive in opposition to Ukraine’s energy grid via the winter. Saturday night time’s assault got here as Ukraine was nonetheless reeling from a large drone and missile assault on Friday night time, which once more prompted vital energy outages in most areas of the nation.
On this picture supplied by Ukraine’s 93rd Kholodnyi Yar Separate Mechanized Brigade press service, a broken residence constructing in seen in residential neighborhood following Russia’s airstrike in Kramatorsk, Donetsk area, Ukraine, Sunday, Feb. 8, 2026.
Iryna Rybakova/Ukraine’s 93rd Mechanized Brigade through AP
Ukraine’s State Emergency Service mentioned on Telegram that Saturday night time’s assaults noticed strikes on an industrial facility within the central Ukrainian metropolis of Poltava, a residential constructing within the japanese metropolis of Kramatorsk, an industrial web site within the southern Black Sea metropolis of Odesa, and a number of other residential buildings within the southern metropolis of Kherson.
Zelenskyy mentioned early on Sunday, “The world should not flip a blind eye to Russian assaults. When there isn’t any international response, the strikes turn out to be extra frequent and more and more brutal. This may be stopped via actual help for Ukraine and our protection.”
“We’d like missiles for air protection techniques and weapons for our warriors, who maintain again this aggression each single day. And for diplomacy to work, fixed stress on Russia is important,” the Ukrainian president added.
“The worth of this battle for them have to be so excessive that the battle turns into untenable for the Russian Federation,” Zelenskyy mentioned, additionally asserting new Ukrainian sanctions on overseas firms accused of supplying “vital parts” for the manufacturing of Russian drones and missiles.
Later Sunday, Zelenskyy mentioned Russia’s power sector is “a respectable goal” for assaults by Ukraine, as a result of Russia makes use of income from gross sales of oil to acquire weapons used to assault Ukraine.
“We shouldn’t have to decide on whether or not we strike a navy goal or power,” Zelenskyy said whereas addressing college students on the Nationwide Aviation College in Kyiv. “He sells this power. He sells oil. So is it power, or is it a navy goal? Truthfully, it’s the identical factor. He sells oil, takes the cash, invests it in weapons. And with these weapons, he kills Ukrainians.”
Zelenskyy mentioned that left Ukraine with two choices: “We both construct weapons and strike their weapons. Or we strike the supply the place their cash is generated and multiplied. And that supply is their power sector. That’s what is occurring. All of this can be a respectable goal for us.”
Ukraine continued its personal long-rage strike marketing campaign in opposition to Russia on Saturday night time into Sunday. Russia’s Protection Ministry mentioned on Sunday morning that its forces shot down 22 Ukrainian drones in a single day.
Firefighters work on the web site of a Russian drone and missile strike in Kyiv, Ukraine, on this handout image launched on Feb. 7, 2026.
State Emergency Service Of Ukrai/through Reuters
In the meantime, Russia’s Federal Safety Service (FSB) confirmed on Sunday {that a} suspect was arrested in Dubai and transferred to Russian custody associated to Friday’s shooting of senior Russian navy intelligence official Vladimir Alexeyev in Moscow.
The FSB and Russia’s Investigative Committee (IC) recognized the suspect as Lyubomir Korba, who they mentioned is a Russian nationwide born within the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic in 1960.
Svetlana Petrenko, an official consultant of the IC, advised reporters on Sunday that Korba “arrived in Moscow on the finish of December final yr on the directions of the particular providers of Ukraine to commit a terrorist act.”
Russian Overseas Minister Sergei Lavrov claimed Ukraine was answerable for the tried assassination, an allegation that Ukrainian authorities have denied.
Alexeyev survived the assassination try and underwent profitable surgical procedure, based on Russian media.
ABC Information’ Tanya Stukalova, Natalia Kushnir and Somayeh Malekian contributed to this report.
