ISTANBUL

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Thursday evening said the Russian strike on the Slovyansk Thermal Power Plant in northern Donetsk Oblast killed two people and injured several others, adding that the international community should respond to such actions.

“My condolences. There are also wounded. This is outright terror. Normal people don’t wage war like this, and the world must respond appropriately to such Russian warfare,” Zelenskyy said in a statement.

Earlier in the day, Donetsk Regional State Administration head Vadym Filashkin reported that two people had been killed and nine others injured in Russian air and drone strikes on Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region.

Zelenskyy underlined Ukraine’s ongoing cooperation with international partners to strengthen the country’s energy security.

“It is very important that we have specific agreements with Norway, precisely in the field of energy, to support our gas purchases. We also have agreements with Germany, Italy, and the Netherlands, and we are working with them on equipment for electricity generation,” he said.

Zelenskyy added that Ukraine’s energy minister held a meeting with G7 representatives to discuss additional support for Ukraine’s energy system.

The Slovyansk Thermal Power Plant has been hit multiple times during the conflict.