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· Russia will likely continue attacking Ukraine's power grid, its gas infrastructure and basic services for the people, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said. "Doing that when we enter winter demonstrates that President (Vladimir) Putin is now trying to use ... the winter as a weapon of war against Ukraine," he told reporters.

· Ukrainian state energy trading company EKU conducted a test import of one megawatt of power from Romania, it announced. "The import of electricity can become an additional tool for stabilizing the energy system of Ukraine," EKU wrote in a statement on its website.

· President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned Ukrainians to expect another brutal week of cold and darkness ahead, predicting more Russian attacks on infrastructure which would not stop until Moscow runs out of missiles. "We understand that the terrorists are planning new strikes. We know this for a fact," Zelenskyy said. "And as long as they have missiles, they, unfortunately, will not calm down." READ MORE BELOW

· Ukraine First Lady Olena Zelenska demanded a "global response" to the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war, saying Kyiv prosecutors were investigating more than 100 possible crimes by Russian soldiers. Speaking at the "Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict Initiative" conference in London, Zelenska said the investigations were "just a small" fraction of the true number of such crimes being committed in the Ukraine conflict. 

· The European Union gave itself legal authority to take action against anyone who helps Russia avoid its sanctions, the EU presidency said. According to a statement, member states unanimously agreed that violating restrictive measures against Russia be considered an "EU crime" across the bloc. 

· To underline the threat to Ukraine's power supplies, a Ukraine military spokesman said a Russian warship capable of firing cruise missiles had recently deployed to the Black Sea with Kalibr-type missiles on board.

· The General Staff of Ukraine's Armed Forces said its forces had repelled Russian attacks in several areas, including Bakhmut and Avdiivka in the Donetsk region over the past 24 hours. The General Staff added that Ukraine's forces had destroyed six units of military equipment of various types and that about 30 servicemen had been injured in the area of the occupied Enerhodar city, where many of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant's workers live.

· The Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine remains under Russian control, authorities installed by Moscow in the nearby city of Enerhodar said, after a Ukrainian official suggested Russian forces were preparing to leave.

· The Kremlin's spokesman denied reports that Russian forces were planning to leave the Zaporizhzhia plant, telling reporters they should not look for signs where there were none.

· The Kremlin said it welcomed a Vatican offer to provide a negotiating platform to resolve the Ukraine conflict, but that Kyiv's position made this impossible. Pope Francis reiterated 10 days ago that the Vatican was ready to do anything possible to mediate and put an end to the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, in an interview with the Italian daily La Stampa.

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Zelenskyy: 'They will not calm down'

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned Ukrainians to expect another brutal week of cold and darkness ahead, predicting more Russian attacks on infrastructure which would not stop until Moscow runs out of missiles.

Russia has been launching massive missile bombardments on Ukraine's energy infrastructure roughly weekly since early October, with each attack having greater impact than the last as damage accumulates and winter sets in.

In an overnight address, Zelenskyy said he expected new attacks this week that could be as bad as last week's, the worst yet, which left millions of people with no heat, water or power.

"We understand that the terrorists are planning new strikes. We know this for a fact," Zelenskyy said in his nightly video address on Sunday. "And as long as they have missiles, they, unfortunately, will not calm down."

Kyiv says the attacks, which Russia acknowledges target Ukrainian infrastructure, are intended to harm civilians, making them a war crime. 

Moscow denies its intent is to hurt civilians but said last week their suffering will not end unless Ukraine yields to Russia's demands, without spelling them out.