Zelensky Warns Russia of Painful Winter If Energy Truce Fails — SkimNews
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- Zelenskiy warned at the UN that Russia will endure a painful winter if ongoing energy truce talks fail, per Reuters
- Zelenskyy framed Putin as the war's "patient zero" and a global danger during his UNGA remarks, while Russia's drone strikes continued pounding Kyiv in parallel
Why it matters: Zelenskiy is publicly conditioning Russia's winter on the fate of energy truce negotiations — turning a humanitarian/energy issue into explicit leverage — while Russia's continued drone bombardment of Kyiv shows Moscow is escalating kinetically even as diplomacy is being staged at the UN.
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