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A Ukrainian delegation arrived successful the United States for talks Saturday (January 17, 2026) connected a U.S.-led diplomatic propulsion to extremity the astir four-year-old warfare arsenic Russian attacks again took purpose astatine Ukraine's powerfulness grid, cutting energy and heating successful freezing temperatures.
Kyrylo Budanov, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's main of staff, said helium arrived successful the U.S. to sermon “the details of the bid agreement.”
Writing connected the Telegram messaging app, Mr. Budanov said he, unneurotic with Ukrainian negotiators Rustem Umerov and Davyd Arakhamia, would conscionable with U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff, President Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner and U.S. Army Secretary Dan Driscoll.
Mr. Zelenskyy said Friday (January 17, 2026) that the delegation would effort to finalise with U.S. officials documents for a projected bid colony that subordinate to postwar information guarantees and economical recovery.
If American officials o.k. the proposals, the U.S. and Ukraine could motion the documents adjacent week astatine the World Economic Forum successful Davos, Switzerland, Mr. Zelenskyy said astatine a Kyiv quality league with Czech President Petr Pavel.
Mr. Trump plans to beryllium successful Davos, according to organisers.
Russia would inactive request to beryllium consulted connected the proposals.
Russia struck vigor infrastructure successful Ukraine's Kyiv and Odesa regions overnight into Saturday (January 17, 2026), the Ministry of Energy said. More than 20 settlements successful the Kyiv portion were near without powerfulness pursuing the attacks, the ministry wrote connected its authoritative Telegram channel.
Russia has hammered Ukraine's powerfulness grid, particularly successful winter, passim the war. It aims to weaken the Ukrainian volition to defy successful a strategy that Kyiv officials telephone “weaponising winter.”
Ukraine's caller vigor minister, Denys Shmyhal, said Friday (January 16, 2026) that Russia had conducted 612 attacks connected vigor targets implicit past year. That barrage has intensified successful caller months arsenic nighttime temperatures plunge to minus 18 degrees Celsius (0 Fahrenheit).
Ukraine has introduced exigency measures, including temporarily easing curfew restrictions to let radical to spell whenever they request to nationalist heating centers acceptable up by the authorities, Mr. Shmyhal said. He said hospitals, schools and different captious infrastructure stay the apical precedence for energy and vigor supplies.
Officials person instructed authorities vigor companies Ukrzaliznytsia, Naftogaz and Ukroboronprom to urgently acquisition imported energy covering astatine slightest 50% of their ain consumption, according to Mr. Shmyhal.
