Zelensky warns Russia is readying a massive new strike on Ukraine's energy grid

Russia is gearing up for another large-scale assault on Ukraine, and this time energy infrastructure and logistics sit at the top of the target list. President Volodymyr Zelensky delivered the warning in his evening video address, according to Ukrinform. "We have intel that Russia is preparing a new massive attack on our country – primarily targeting energy and logistics," he said.

Zelensky's read on the timing is blunt: Moscow is betting the world's eyes are glued to the US elections, leaving Ukraine's air defence struggles and its shortage of Patriot missiles lower on the international agenda. He wants that attention redirected fast.

The president called for clear signals from global partners that would show Russia its strikes bring no payoff. As long as the war drags on, he said, Russian oil "will burn" and Moscow will not be able to profit from doing business with the world.

There is a counterweight on the battlefield. Ukrinform previously reported Zelensky's claim that Ukraine's Defence Forces inflicted the heaviest losses on the Russian army since the full-scale invasion began, while liberating 96.2 square kilometres of Ukrainian territory in October — 10.4 square kilometres more than Russian forces managed to capture in the same stretch.

What comes next hinges on whether Ukraine's partners answer Zelensky's call before the strike lands. Kyiv is asking for both stronger air defence and tougher economic pressure, framing them as two halves of the same message to Moscow.