For the second yr, Ukrainians have been attempting to have fun Christmas on December twenty fifth, a brand new date differing from long-established Orthodox Calendar that takes place on January seventh – in a bid to ‘erase Russian affect’.
However for a lot of, there was alternative for merriment, as Russian forces enacted one more large air raid throughout Ukraine, focusing on the facility infrastructure.
Reuters reported:
“Russia attacked Ukraine’s vitality system and a few cities with cruise and ballistic missiles plus drones on Wednesday in an “inhuman” Christmas Day assault, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy stated.”
[…] Half one million folks in Kharkiv area have been left with out heating, in temperatures only a few levels Celsius above zero, whereas there have been blackouts within the capital Kyiv and elsewhere.”
For the reason that spring, Russia has intensified assaults on the Ukrainian vitality sector damaging most of its producing capability and inflicting extended blackouts.
“Ukraine’s Power Minister German Galushchenko stated on Fb that Russia was massively attacking the facility sector and that restrictions on electrical energy provide have been in place.
[…] Ukraine’s largest non-public vitality firm DTEK stated its producing services have been attacked, with energy tools critically broken, within the thirteenth large-scale assault on the vitality sector this yr.”
Watch: highly effective Russian strike on targets in Kharkov.
Good morning, Nazis ️
The second of a strong Russian strike on Nazi targets in Kharkov (Nazi Ukraine)
11 explosions in 26 minutes pic.twitter.com/J3pqZA68Yz— Alexander Ivanov (@innova_center) December 25, 2024
U.S. ambassador Bridget Brink:
“Russia’s Christmas present to Ukraine: greater than 70 missiles and 100 drones, directed at Ukrainian households celebrating of their houses and the vitality infrastructure that retains them stated. For the third vacation season, Russia weaponizes winter.”
Christmas Underneath Siege- Russia Strikes Kyiv with 8 Missiles, 1 Lifeless and 12 Injured Simply Days Earlier than Vacation pic.twitter.com/EFsvLwTHl9
— BL Media Ukraine (@blukraine) December 24, 2024
Each large Russian strike requires time for preparation. It’s by no means a spontaneous determination. It’s a deliberate selection – not solely of targets but additionally of timing and date.
Right this moment, Putin intentionally selected Christmas for an assault. What might be extra inhumane? Over 70 missiles,… pic.twitter.com/GMD8rTomoX
— Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський (@ZelenskyyUa) December 25, 2024
“Each large Russian strike requires time for preparation. It’s by no means a spontaneous determination. It’s a deliberate selection – not solely of targets but additionally of timing and date.
Right this moment, Putin intentionally selected Christmas for an assault. What might be extra inhumane? Over 70 missiles, together with ballistic ones, and greater than 100 assault drones. The targets are our vitality infrastructure. They proceed to struggle for a blackout in Ukraine.
In keeping with preliminary reviews, our defenders managed to shoot down greater than 50 missiles and a big variety of drones. Sadly, there have been hits. As of now, there are energy outages in a number of areas. Energy engineers are working to revive energy provide as quickly as attainable.
I thank everybody who’s working for the nation, who’s on fight responsibility, who’s defending our skies. We are going to restore the utmost. Russian evil won’t break Ukraine and won’t spoil Christmas.”
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