Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Russian strikes hit energy sites in four regions: Dnipro, Vinnytsia, Zhytomyr and Khmelnytskyi.
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Vocabulary in this episode
- outage
So the outage figure comes from Zelenskyy.
Here, “outage” means a loss of electrical power.
- thermal power plant
In Kyiv, power cuts lasted eight to ten hours after damage to a major thermal power plant, a plant that makes electricity from heat.
A facility that makes electricity by using heat.
- set fire to
Russian state media said Ukrainian long-range drones set fire to the Kstovo refinery in the Nizhny Novgorod region overnight.
The drones caused the refinery to start burning.
- energy infrastructure
The Guardian reported that US President Donald Trump had pressured Kyiv to stop strikes on Russian energy infrastructure, and that he blamed them for rising diesel prices.
The buildings and equipment used to produce and supply energy.
- ceasefire
There was also a local ceasefire in Oleshky.
An agreement to stop fighting for a time in a particular area.
- ceasefire
A six-day ceasefire, brokered by US first lady Melania Trump, allowed residents to leave.
An agreement to stop fighting for six days.
- under way
Zelenskyy said preparations were under way for talks involving Ukraine, Russia and the United States.
Here, it means the preparations had started and were happening.
- left out
The Guardian also reported that Russian officials said President Vladimir Putin was willing to speak with Zelenskyy by phone, but wanted European leaders left out of that call.
Here, “left out” means not included in the phone call.
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- RechercheA six-day local ceasefire in Russian-occupied Oleshky, brokered by Melania Trump, was due to end Sunday evening; it enabled a humanitarian evacuation, with residents reunited with relatives in northern Ukraine.
- RechercheOleshky has been under Russian occupation since 2022; before the invasion it had a population of 24,000, while an estimated 2,000 civilians remained there when the evacuation arrangement was made.
