Russia is suffering heavy losses in continuing "fierce" attacks in Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region and is preparing new assaults on Ukrainian energy infrastructure, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Sunday.
"Very fierce Russian attacks on Donetsk region are continuing. The enemy is suffering serious losses there."
President Volodymyr Zelensky
"Very fierce Russian attacks on Donetsk region are continuing. The enemy is suffering serious losses there," Zelensky said in his nightly video address.
Zelensky said he believed Russia was "concentrating forces and means for a possible repetition of mass attacks on our infrastructure, energy in the first instance."
Ukraine-EU economic concerns
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky also spoke with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Sunday to discuss macro-financial aid for Ukraine and further sanctions on Iran, Zelensky said.
Discussed macro-fin aid to for the current year & 2023 with President of the European Commission @vonderleyen. Noted the importance of continuing the grain initiative for world food security. Discussed increasing sanctions & opposing actions of Iran, which supports aggression
— Володимир Зеленський (@ZelenskyyUa) November 6, 2022
"Noted the importance of continuing the grain initiative for world food security. Discussed increasing sanctions & opposing actions of Iran, which supports aggression," Zelensky wrote on Twitter.