Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy condemned Russia for launching an enormous missile and drone assault on the pageant of Christmas, concentrating on Ukraine’s vitality infrastructure and described the assault as “inhumane.”
He additional emphasised that such assaults require deliberate planning and timing and are by no means “spontaneous choices.”
Sharing a publish on X, Zelenskyy wrote, “Each huge Russian strike requires time for preparation. It’s by no means a spontaneous choice. It’s a deliberate selection – not solely of targets but in addition of timing and date.”
“As we speak, 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 battle for a blackout in Ukraine,” the publish added.
Zelenskyy praised the efforts of Ukrainian defenders who intercepted over 50 missiles and quite a few drones, vowing that Russia’s aggression wouldn’t break Ukraine or spoil Christmas.
He wrote, “In line with preliminary stories, our defenders managed to shoot down greater than 50 missiles and a major 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 obligation, who’s defending our skies. We’ll restore the utmost. Russian evil is not going to break Ukraine and won’t spoil Christmas,” the publish added.
Earlier on December 22, the Ukrainian Air Pressure reported an assault by Russian forces, involving 103 Shahed drones and different unmanned aerial automobiles (UAVs), launched from a number of places together with Bryansk, Millerovo, and Berdyansk.Ukraine’s Defence Forces repelled a lot of the assault, downing 52 UAVs and drones throughout a number of areas.
In a publish on the social media platform Telegram, the Ukrainian Air Pressure wrote, “The enemy attacked with 103 Shahed UAVs and drones of different varieties from the instructions of Bryansk, Millerovo, Orel, Kursk, Primorsko-Akhtarsk, Berdyansk. The launch of an Iskander-M ballistic missile from Crimea in the direction of the Kherson area was additionally recorded.”
“The air assault was repelled by anti-aircraft missile troops, aviation, digital warfare items, and cell fireplace teams of the Air Pressure and Defence Forces of Ukraine. It has been confirmed that 52 Shahed UAVs and drones of different varieties have been shot down in Poltava, Sumy, Kharkiv, Kyiv, Chernihiv, Cherkasy, Kirovohrad, Zhytomyr, Dnipropetrovsk, Kherson, Mykolaiv, and Zaporizhia areas,” the publish added.
