Ukraine says Russia gave Iran detailed targets inside Israel’s energy grid.

By World Israel News Staff

Russia has reportedly provided Iran with a detailed list of critical energy infrastructure sites across Israel, potentially enabling Tehran to carry out retaliatory strikes if the U.S. attacks Iran’s power facilities.

The intelligence, said to include between 50 and 55 locations, identifies key components of Israel’s energy grid.

According to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who revealed the information Sunday in a post on X, “Russia shared their satellite intelligence with Iran about Israel’s energy system… They are helping Iran to launch attacks. We are talking about civilian infrastructure, nothing military in nature.”

Zelenskyy added that Russia is also transferring operational knowledge gained during its ongoing war against Ukraine.

“All the experience Russia has obtained during the war against Ukraine is being shared with Iran,” he said.

A Ukrainian source familiar with the matter told The Jerusalem Post that the list is divided into three categories based on importance: critical production facilities essential to maintaining the national electricity grid, major urban and industrial energy hubs, and local infrastructure sites.

According to the source, Russian intelligence views Israel as particularly vulnerable to such attacks due to the structure of its power system. Unlike many European countries, Israel operates largely as an “energy island,” meaning it produces most of its electricity domestically and is not connected to grids in neighboring countries.

Russian assessments reportedly indicate that damaging even a small number of key facilities could trigger a catastrophic failure across the grid.

Such a scenario could result in widespread and prolonged blackouts, severely disrupting daily life throughout the country.

The report comes in the final hours before a U.S. deadline for Iran to agree to a ceasefire.

The deadline is currently slated for 8 p.m. eastern time on Tuesday evening. If that deadline should pass without compliance, President Donald Trump has promised to strike critical civilian infrastructure in Iran.

Tehran has threatened retaliation against both Israel and Gulf states if that scenario occurs.

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“Talks are ongoing and they are going very well,” Trump wrote.

By World Israel News Staff

President Donald Trump announced that he is postponing planned strikes on Iranian energy infrastructure for 10 days as negotiations with Iran continue, saying the talks are progressing despite conflicting public statements from Tehran.

The decision follows earlier comments this week in which Trump said the United States and Iran had held what he described as “very good and productive conversations” about a possible resolution to the conflict.

At the time, he said he had instructed the Department of War to postpone military strikes on Iranian power plants and energy infrastructure for a five-day period while discussions continued.

In a new post on Truth Social Thursday, Trump said the pause would now be extended.

“As per Iranian Government request, please let this statement serve to represent that I am pausing the period of Energy Plant destruction by 10 Days to Monday, April 6, 2026, at 8 P.M., Eastern Time,” Trump wrote. “Talks are ongoing and they are going very well.”

The announcement suggests that the United States had been preparing potential strikes on Iranian energy facilities as part of the escalating conflict, but is now holding off while diplomatic efforts continue.

Earlier Thursday, Trump warned that Iranian negotiators needed to get serious about a deal soon, saying they were privately pushing for an agreement while publicly denying negotiations.

“The Iranian negotiators are very different and ‘strange.’ They are ‘begging’ us to make a deal, which they should be doing since they have been militarily obliterated, with zero chance of a comeback,” Trump wrote.

“They better get serious soon, before it is too late, because once that happens, there is no turning back, and it won’t be pretty,” he warned.

The contrasting public messaging from Washington and Tehran highlights the uncertainty surrounding the negotiations, as military pressure and diplomatic efforts continue at the same time.

The pause in potential strikes on Iranian energy infrastructure appears intended to give negotiations additional time, while maintaining the threat of major military action if talks fail.

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