By Free Republic | Created at 2024-12-25 12:25:57 | Updated at 2024-12-29 01:33:23
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Russia launches massive Christmas Day attack on Ukraine
NBC News ^ | 12/25/2024 | Hannah Peart
Posted on 12/25/2024 4:16:21 AM PST by marcusmaximus
Many Ukrainians were celebrating without heat or power after Russia launched a Christmas Day assault on the country’s energy infrastructure, an act that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy condemned as “inhuman.”
“Today, Putin deliberately chose Christmas for an attack. What could be more inhuman,” Zelenskyy said in a post on X early Wednesday. "Every Russian massive strike takes time to prepare. It is never a spontaneous decision. It is a conscious choice not only of targets, but also of time and date."
Over 70 Russian missiles and more than a hundred drones targeted Ukraine’s energy infrastructure, with Ukrainian forces successfully shooting down more than 50 missiles and a significant number of drones, Zelenskyy added in his post.
Zelenskyy also said that the “targeted attack” on the energy sector caused outages in several regions, including Kyiv, and emphasized that Russian forces “continue to fight for a blackout in Ukraine.”
“Russian evil will not break Ukraine and will not distort Christmas,” he said.
Russia's defense ministry confirmed the attacks.
“This morning, Russia's Armed Forces carried out a massive strike with long-range precision weapons and strike drones on critical energy infrastructure facilities in Ukraine that ensure the operation of the military-industrial complex," the ministry said in its daily briefing on Telegram.
“The strike’s objective was achieved. All facilities were hit,” it added.
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TOPICS: Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: putin; russia
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“Russia launched 2 KN-23 ballistic missiles, 10 S-300/S-400 missiles in ground-to-ground mode, 12 Kaliber cruise missiles, 50 Kh-101 missiles, 4 Kh-59/Kh-69 guided aviation missiles, 106 Shahed-type and other UAVs”
“Ukrainian air defense shot down 55 Russian cruise missiles, 4 aviation guided missiles and 54 UAVs.”
2 posted on 12/25/2024 4:24:52 AM PST by Diogenesis (Si vis pacem, para bellum)
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