Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy gave the green light to an “inhumane” attack involving missiles and drones on Christmas Day, accusing Russia's Vladimir Putin of damaging Ukraine's energy infrastructure and leaving thousands without power. blamed the president.
President Zelenskiy: “Today, President Putin deliberately chose Christmas as the purpose of his attack.'' said In a post about X on Wednesday, he said: “What could be more inhumane? More than 70 missiles, including ballistic missiles, and more than 100 attack drones. The target is energy infrastructure. They continue to fight for power outages in Ukraine .”
Ukraine's leader said the country's defense systems shot down more than 50 missiles and a “significant” number of drones. Other disasters hit multiple cities and caused power outages in “several areas.”
Russia attacked Ukraine's energy and fuel supplies with 78 ground-air missiles and 106 Shahed drones. According to To the Ukrainian Air Force. The military said it intercepted 59 missiles and 54 Shahed drones.
Alone due to attack died Located in the Dnipropetrovsk region. At least six people were injured in Kharkiv region.
This is the 13th time Russia has attacked Ukraine's energy system. According to DTEK, the country's largest private energy company. This was the 10th strike against DTEK facilities, damaging power plants and causing nationwide power outages. energy company said One of the engineers was killed in the strike.
“There is no depth to which Russia will not sink. Denying light and warmth to millions of peace-loving people who celebrate Christmas is a depraved and evil act that must be answered” DTEK said Maxim Timchenko, CEO of said Wednesday's X. “We appeal to all of Ukraine’s allies to end this state-sponsored terrorism now by providing our military with the air defense munitions it needs to protect our essential energy infrastructure.”
Russian forces launched at least 12 missile attacks against “critical” infrastructure in the Kharkov region. According to He posted a telegram to regional director Ole Sinyevov. Approximately 500,000 people are without power in the Kharkiv region.
Across the border in the Russian city of Vladikavkaz, a woman was killed and three others injured in a fire caused by a crashed drone on Wednesday morning, the Associated Press reported. reported.
