The tone is martial. Sunday, December 22, Vladimir Putin promised even more “destruction” to Ukraine, reports Le Figaro. The Russian president was reacting to a drone attack that took place the day before, targeting buildings in the city of Kazan, located in central Russia, nearly 1,000 kilometers from the Ukrainian border. Moscow attributes the attack to kyiv.
“Anyone who attempts to destroy anything in our country, no matter how small, will face much greater destruction in their own country and will regret what they tried to do to our country,” he said. said Vladimir Putin during an official ceremony while commenting on the strike.
No casualties. According to local authorities, the strike, which targeted residential buildings, did not cause any casualties. The drones appear to have crashed into tall glass buildings. For the moment, Ukraine has not commented on this attack, nor on Moscow's accusations.
In response to the Russian attack on its territory, Ukraine carries out strikes against Russia, targeting oil or industrial sites. It is rarer for the country to be accused by Moscow of attacks targeting residential buildings so far from its borders.
Air strikes. For its part, Russia continues airstrikes against Ukraine, damaging the Ukrainian energy system, causing power outages in the middle of winter.
As for the threat of a strike with the “Orechnik” missile, used in November for the first time, recalls Europe 1, against the center of kyiv, it remains like a sword of Damocles on Ukrainian shoulders. On the front, the Russian Defense Ministry indicated on Sunday that its troops had captured the villages of Lozova (Kharkiv region) and Sontsivka (Donetsk region).
