Kyiv, Dec. 14 -- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Sunday said Russia continues to target Ukraine's energy infrastructure, leaving hundreds of thousands of families without electricity, heating and water, even as Kyiv prepares for crucial diplomatic engagements with the United States and European partners aimed at ending the war.

In a series of posts on social media, Zelenskyy said Ukrainian emergency and utility services have been working continuously since Friday to restore basic services after fresh Russian strikes.

"The situation remains difficult - hundreds of thousands of families are still without electricity in Mykolaiv, Odesa, Kherson, Chernihiv, Donetsk, Sumy, and Dnipro regions," he said, thanking workers involved in...