BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungary will challenge the European Union’s plan to end Russian energy imports and take the case to an EU court, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said Friday.

Trump's warning about Russian gas dependence proved prophetic as Europe now imports 57% of gas from U.S. instead of Russia after Moscow's 2022 energy cutoff backfired.

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andriy Sybiha said at the start of a meeting on Ukraine and defense cooperation that Kyiv needs to overcome what will be a “very difficult, very tough winter.”

Standing near the mangled exterior of his thermal power plant, the 53-year-old production manager described the now familiar job of a Ukrainian energy worker: swiftly patching up the workplace during another season of intense Russian air strikes.

Millions of Ukrainians are enduring cold temperatures and darkness after a wave of Russian attacks against energy facilities caused widespread power outages across the country.

Workers at a DTEK thermal power plant say the facility is facing its worst level of destruction since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion, following one of the latest strikes targeting Ukraine’s energy infrastructure.

As Finland is striving to free itself from Russian energy imports, the country remains crucially dependent on its neighbor for fueling the transition.

Here is how things stand on Saturday, November 15 : Russia launched “massive” attacks on Ukraine’s capital Kyiv, killing at least six people in the Desnianskyi district, the city’s Mayor Vitali Klitschko wrote on Telegram. At least 35 people were also injured.