Delfi.ru: Zelenskyy Warns Russian Airlines as Putin Orders Energy Strikes, Exclusive Interview with Russian Battalion Commander

Vladimir Putin has declared the negotiating process frozen and ordered new mass strikes on Ukrainian energy facilities, according to Delfi’s broadcast. He described the planned attacks as a response to Ukrainian drone strikes on Russian territory.

Volodymyr Zelenskyy, meanwhile, warned airlines using Russian airspace. In a statement the previous evening, he said the skies over Russia were becoming completely dangerous.

Despite the renewed threats, both Kyiv and Moscow continue to say they are ready for negotiations. Putin said he remained open to “positive proposals,” while Zelenskyy spoke by telephone with Donald Trump’s special envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner.

The broadcast asks whether the war is entering a new phase of escalation or whether Moscow and Kyiv are raising the stakes before a possible return to talks. It also examines how far the sides may go in strikes against targets behind the front and which scenario currently appears most likely.

Delfi says the program will include an interview with publicist and sociologist Igor Yakovenko, followed by an excerpt from an exclusive interview with Denis Kapustin, commander of the Russian Volunteer Corps. The full interview was scheduled for release later that evening.

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