Nepal, Oct. 9 -- President Volodymyr Zelensky accused Russia of wanting to sow "chaos" in Ukraine by launching strikes on his country's energy grid and railway infrastructure, in comments published Thursday.

Moscow, whose forces invaded Ukraine in 2022, has in recent weeks escalated aerial attacks on Ukrainian energy facilities and rail systems.

"Russia's task is to create chaos and apply psychological pressure on the population through strikes on energy facilities and railways," Zelensky told journalists, including AFP, in embargoed comments made in Kyiv on Wednesday.

He said later he was dispatching his prime minister and a senior sanctions advisor to the United States for talks early next week on air defence, energy, sanctions, as w...