President Zelensky criticizes Russia for massive attack on Ukraine on Christmas
Ukrainian President Zelensky said Russia was "inhumane" when it attacked a series of Ukrainian energy infrastructure on Christmas Day.
According to CNN, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on December 25 that Russia carried out an "inhumane" attack on Ukraine's energy infrastructure on Christmas Day, with multiple explosions reported across the country.
The Ukrainian Air Force claimed to have shot down 55 Kh-101/Kh-55/Kalibr cruise missiles, 4 Kh-59/Kh-69 missiles, as well as 54 UAVs, and 52 others were "missing".
This is the 13th time this year that Russia has carried out a major attack on Ukraine's power grid, leaving the country in a precarious position as the conflict enters its third winter, according to DTEK, Ukraine's largest energy supplier.
At least one person was killed in attacks in the eastern Dnipropetrovsk region, while six others were injured in Kharkiv, with residential buildings and civilian infrastructure damaged in the attack, Ukraine’s national police said. At least seven rocket attacks targeted the city, regional governor Oleh Syniehubov said.
Half a million households in the Kharkiv region were left without heating as temperatures dropped to 3 degrees Celsius. DTEK said Kiev had introduced rolling blackouts to stabilize the grid.
Meanwhile, Ukrainian forces said on December 25 that they attacked a Russian command post in Lgov in the Kursk region.
