KYIV - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on April 17 that Russia has reduced the number of its strikes on Ukrainian energy facilities, but is attacking civilian infrastructure instead.

Russia and Ukraine agreed in March to a US-brokered, 30-day moratorium on military strikes against energy infrastructure, but both sides have frequently accused each other since of violating it.

Mr Zelensky told a press conference in Kyiv that in total, Russia was launching the same number of missiles and drones at Ukraine as before that ceasefire.

"They reduced their strikes on energy, that's a fact," Mr Zelensky said.

"But I wanted us to pay attention to this – Russia did not reduce the number of strikes, that was the strategy ... by reducing (strikes on) energy, they are hitting other civilian infrastructure."

Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 and now holds just under 20 per cent of its neighbour's territory. REUTERS

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