Volodymyr Zelensky dénonce a “massive” and “inhumane” attack on Moscow. According to the Ukrainian president, Russia launched more than 70 missiles and 100 explosive drones on the morning of Wednesday, December 25. The country's energy facilities have once again been targeted to deprive thousands of Ukrainians of heat and electricity in the middle of winter. This time it was the Kharkiv region which was affected.
A large-scale attack was expected, because Vladimir Putin had promised more destruction on Ukrainian soil last Sunday. An announcement made following a Ukrainian drone attack carried out by kyiv on the Russian city of Kazan, more than 1,000 kilometers from the border. Moscow chose to retaliate on Wednesday, December 25, Christmas Day, while Ukraine celebrates the Nativity on this date for the second year in a row, and no longer on January 7, according to the Julian calendar followed by the Orthodox Church.
Cruise and ballistic missiles were fired, some from the Black Sea, towards cities in the east of the country, as evidenced by videos posted on social networks. The Ukrainian army claims to have destroyed 50 of them, as well as part of the hundred drones launched by Russia. The city of Kharkiv was hit by at least 7 missiles, as well as those of Dnipro and Kryvyi Rih, the hometown of Volodymyr Zelensky. At least one dead and six injured were recorded. The country's energy infrastructure has been targeted, leading to power and gas cuts. kyiv already responded in the morning by launching around sixty drones on the Russian cities of Belgorod and Voronezh.
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