Zelenskiy says Russia hit Ukraine's power infrastructure, US should react

KYIV (Reuters) - President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said connected Thursday Russian artillery had damaged Ukraine's vigor infrastructure successful the front-line metropolis of Kherson, 2 days aft the U.S. announced that each broadside had agreed to a truce connected vigor strikes.

"Two days ago, determination was a nighttime erstwhile determination were nary strikes connected the vigor sector, contiguous vigor infrastructure successful the metropolis of Kherson was damaged by Russian artillery," Zelenskiy said successful Paris. "I judge that the U.S. should respond with actions."

The United States announced abstracted agreements with Kyiv and Moscow connected Tuesday to intermission attacks successful the Black Sea and against each other's vigor installations, the archetypal specified woody since Donald Trump returned to the White House successful January.

"Our side, arsenic agelong arsenic nary 1 understands who is monitoring what ..., each this (evidence) volition beryllium prepared and transferred to the U.S., and aft that we are waiting for America's reaction, since they told america that they volition respond to violations," Zelenskiy said aft a acme of Ukraine's allies successful the French capital.

Kherson determination politician Oleksandr Prokudin said enactment was continuing to reconstruct powerfulness to consumers who had been near without proviso arsenic a effect of Russian shelling.

Moscow accused Kyiv connected Wednesday of utilizing drones to onslaught vigor facilities successful Russia's Kursk and Bryansk regions, and successful the occupied Crimean peninsula.

The Ukrainian subject denied those accusations.

"The (Russian) subject continues to nutrient fakes, seeking to marque baseless accusations against Ukraine and prolong the war," the subject said successful a connection connected the Telegram app.

Russia, which launched a full-scale penetration of Ukraine successful February 2022 and present holds astir 20% of the country, contends that it has observed an vigor onslaught truce since March 18. Ukraine says Russia has attacked 8 Ukrainian vigor facilities since that date.

Zelenskiy besides said successful Paris helium believed the Trump administration's stance towards Russia should beryllium tougher, adding Ukraine needed Washington's assistance to beryllium beardown successful negotiations.

(Reporting by Yuliia Dysa; penning by Max Hunder and Tom Balmforth; editing by Andrew Heavens and Mark Heinrich)