A Ukrainian minister said on Wednesday that Russia had launched a “massive attack” on Ukraine’s energy sector, without specifying which cities came under fire. Russian cruise and ballistic missiles also struck several residential areas in the Ukrainian cities of Kryvyi Rih and Kharkiv, with reports indicating that several people were killed in the attacks.
“The enemy is again launching a massive attack on the energy sector,” Ukraine’s Energy Minister German Galushchenko wrote on the social media platform Telegram.
“The transmission system operator is taking the necessary measures to limit consumption to minimize negative consequences for the energy system,” he said.
attacks on cities
A ballistic missile struck an apartment building in the central Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih on Tuesday, killing one person and injuring 15, four of them seriously. “The demons launched a direct attack on a four-story residential block with 32 apartments,” the head of the city’s military administration, Oleksandr Vilkul, wrote on Telegram.
Regional Governor Serhiy Lisak said that a man whose body was pulled from under the debris could not be revived by medics.
Kryvyi Rih, a steelmaking city with a pre-war population of more than 600,000, is the hometown of President Volodymyr Zelensky.
Mayor Igor Terekhov said Wednesday morning that the city of Kharkiv was also devastated by a “massive missile attack.” “Kharkov is under massive missile attack. A series of explosions were heard in the city and ballistic missiles are still moving towards the city,” he wrote on Telegram.
Mayor Ihor Terekhov said the regional governor counted seven Russian attacks. At least three people were wounded in a missile attack in Kharkiv, northeastern Ukraine, on Wednesday morning, Terekhov said.
The regional governor counted seven Russian attacks and said the number of casualties was still being assessed.
xmas attack
“While other countries of the world are celebrating Christmas, Ukrainians are suffering from endless Russian attacks,” Ukraine’s human rights ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets wrote on Telegram.
Russia has stepped up its advances into eastern Ukraine in recent months, seeking to secure as much territory as possible before US President-elect Donald Trump comes to power in January. The Republican leader has promised a quick end to the nearly three-year-long conflict, without proposing any concrete conditions for a ceasefire or peace deal.
Moscow’s military claims to have seized more than 190 Ukrainian settlements this year, while Kiev is struggling to hold the line despite a shortage of manpower and ammunition.
Russia’s Defense Ministry said on Wednesday its forces had shot down 59 Ukrainian drones overnight, while the Ukrainian Air Force reported the launch of Kalibr cruise missiles from the Black Sea, although it was initially unclear what they were. Where were you going?
