Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelenski said this Sunday that the recent attacks launched by Ukraine have left inoperative "more than 55%" of Russia's oil refining capacity.
"It is our justified response to Russia's refusal to de-escalate and to its attacks on our energy infrastructure," Zelenski explained in his usual daily evening address.
The head of state also emphasized that Russia "has suffered more than 50,000 casualties" between dead and wounded only in the month of October as a direct consequence of the war, a figure that "will be just as high in November as well."
Meanwhile, the latest Russian bombardments have caused power supply outages in different areas of Ukraine, especially in Dnipró and Zaporiyia, where "the situation is extremely difficult". "This is how the Russians operate. They identify a region and concentrate their attacks on it for several days," he explained.
On the diplomatic front, Zelenski also referred to ongoing efforts, with new meetings of the Ramstein format and of the Coalition of Volunteers scheduled for next week. Regarding this latter forum, the Ukrainian president is counting on an appointment that "could be historic" to establish a common European position in the negotiations and his participation in the trilateral meetings with the United States and Russia. "It should not become a 'four-party' format, but one of greater magnitude," he appealed.