NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte inspected a Kyiv thermal power plant damaged in overnight Russian attacks, according to video shared by Ukrainian Energy Minister Denys Shmyhal, Reuters reports.
During the visit, Shmyhal showed Rutte the damage inflicted on the thermal power plant.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy accused Russia on Tuesday of exploiting a U.S.-backed energy truce to stockpile munitions, and using them to attack Ukraine with hundreds of drones and a record number of ballistic missiles a day before peace talks.
The overnight attack knocked out heating in cities including the capital Kyiv during freezing temperatures as Ukrainian negotiators headed to Abu Dhabi for a second round of U.S.-brokered trilateral talks set for Wednesday (February 4) and Thursday (February 5).
During a joint press conference with Rutte, Zelenskiy said they discussed rapid air defence supplies and licenses for U.S. weapon production in Europe.
He did not state whether any progress was made in those discussions.
