Russia is cracking down on Ukraine shortly before the meeting between Trump and Zelensky to finalize the peace plan

BarcelonaRussia launched a virulent attack on Ukraine on Friday night, just hours before the meeting between US President Donald Trump and his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelensky, in which the two leaders will discuss a proposed peace agreement to be presented in Russia with the aim of ending the warSpecifically, Moscow has attacked Kyiv, the Ukrainian capital, and regions in the northeast and south of the country. At least one person has died and nineteen others have been injured.

All the victims were in Kyiv, according to the city's mayor, Vitali Klitschko. The attacks were carried out with drones and missiles, some of them ultrasonic, of the Kinschal type, according to Ukrainian media. They targeted the country's energy infrastructure.

In fact, following the offensive, 320,000 homes in Ukraine were left without heating, despite the low temperatures. In the capital, there are 2,600 apartment buildings where residents have no heating supply.

The Russian attacks have been so intense that even Poland has closed two airports in the northeast of the country, and its air force has deployed military aircraft to control the airspace.

Furthermore, tonight Moscow's air defenses also repelled several Ukrainian attacks in southern Russia, but these were of low intensity. They were drone attacks in the Krasnodar and Adygea regions, and there are no reports of casualties.

The peace agreement

The harsh Russian offensive comes amid high expectations surrounding the meeting between Trump and Zelensky scheduled for this Sunday. The Ukrainian president announced on Friday who would travel to Florida this weekend to finalize the last details of the proposed peace plan that the United States and Ukraine want to present to Russia.

"The twenty-point plan we are working on is 90% complete. Our task is to ensure that everything is 100% ready," the Ukrainian president said, referring to the peace plan. This is a twenty-point document that the Americans and Ukrainians have negotiated bilaterally, and which Russia has already announced it rejects.

Between Washington and Kyiv, however, there are also disagreements on two of the twenty points of the plan. Specifically, point 12 refers to the Zaporizhzhia nuclear facility. It is currently occupied by Russia, and the peace proposal stipulates that it will be jointly operated by Ukraine, the United States, and Russia.

And, on the other hand, in point 14 of the document, which refers to one of the thorniest issues: the cession of territory. The text under negotiation stipulates that Kyiv would either freeze the current front line along the Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia, and Kherson regions, or agree to demilitarize the Donetsk area that Ukraine still controls and transform it into a free economic zone. For now, the Ukrainian government's preferred option is the former.

Before traveling to the United States to finalize the peace plan, Zelensky spoke by phone with several European leaders, including German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, Estonian Prime Minister Kristen Michal, and Finnish President Alexander Stubb. He also spoke with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte. Donald Trump warned on Friday, however, that any peace plan proposed by Russia to end the war must have his approval to move forward. "[Zelensky] will have nothing until I approve it. So we'll see what he gets," he declared in an exclusive interview with Politico. Nevertheless, he expressed confidence that Sunday's meeting would be productive for both Zelensky and Russian President Vladimir Putin.