Russia launches Christmas Day attack on Ukraine
Many Ukrainians were celebrating without heat or power after Russia launched a Christmas Day attack on the country’s energy infrastructure, an act that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy condemned as “inhuman.”
Many Ukrainians were celebrating without heat or power after Russia launched a Christmas Day attack on the country’s energy infrastructure, an act that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy condemned as “inhuman.”
“Today, Putin deliberately chose Christmas for an attack. What could be more inhuman,” Zelenskyy said in a post on X early Wednesday. "Every Russian massive strike takes time to prepare. It is never a spontaneous decision. It is a conscious choice not only of targets, but also of time and date."
More than 70 Russian missiles and more than a hundred drones targeted Ukraine’s energy infrastructure, with Ukrainian forces successfully shooting down more than 50 missiles and a significant number of drones, Zelenskyy added in his post.
Zelenskyy also said that the “targeted attack” on the energy sector caused outages in several regions, including Kyiv, and emphasized that Russian forces “continue to fight for a blackout in Ukraine.”
“Russian evil will not break Ukraine and will not distort Christmas,” he said.
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